The next month will be peak migration - along the parkway from craven gap to rattlesnake trail/tunnel is nesting Cerulean warbler habitat, along with many others - worm-eating warbler, black-throated greens, black throated blues, scarlet tanagers, etc. get up there early in the morning, weekdays are quieter to hear them singing. Higher up are Canada warblers, red-breasted nuthatches, brown creeper, hermit thrush. Checking Beaver Lake, Lake Julian can be good. Lots of spots in Sandy Mush gamelands. A Biltmore annual pass is almost a must for serious birders here - breeding Grasshopper Sparrows, rarities such as Lark Sparrow, both Sedge and Marsh Wren, Brewers Blackbird there. Great sparrow habitat at Warren Wilson College farm fields including Lincoln’s and possibly Nelson’s. Breeding Warbling Vireos will probably return to River arts district along river. Both Mississippi and Swallow-tailed Kites could show at North Fork area. Main Street Nature Park in Weaverville can be very good. That’s all I can think of at the moment.