The forested portions of SSW were full of mosquitoes and other biting things this morning; looking to run away from them I ended up at Summerhill on Hoag Road - still full of bugs but at least somewhat manageable on the road. The first two minutes were most eventful: a winter wren serenading loudly but invisibly from very close. Then a high squeal which I thought was some kind of raptor, and soon a broad-winged hawk soared above briefly, continuing to vocalize. The rest of the morning had a lot of good stuff heard - black-throated blues, gc kinglets, eastern towhee, scarlet tanager - but very little seen. One of the few seen-but-not-heards was an empid spuh, perched a good long while very close to the road. Alas, I haven't done my homework on what to look for.
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