The last youngsters of summer are fledging. Some Barn Swallows are into their final clutch of egg incubating. Most young birds of this year are out and about. Just in our McMinnville garden today there were some examples:
A young American Goldfinch in sun bright dawn redwood.
Young Junco. 
Robin in molt, note the scruffy throat feathers. 
820 NW 19th Street, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, US
Aug 14, 2016. 11 species
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) X
Vaux’s Swift (Chaetura vauxi) 1
California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 4
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
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