Nature Happenings

• Migration month! More birds in the area now than any other month.
• Fall migration peaks for warblers and others.
• First juncos and White-throated Sparrows can appear by the end of this month.
• Do not take down your hummingbird feeder yet. Their migration is not correlated to feeders being available! In fact, feeders can help fuel migrants moving through.
• Migrating Brown Creepers, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets appear near the end of the month.
• Eastern Monarch Butterflies continue their migration south from Ontario.
• Final egg laying for the Eastern Monarch Butterfly.
• Blackbird (grackles, cowbirds and redwings) flocks can number in the thousands.
• Robins are in large flocks, feeding on crab apples.
• Broad-winged Hawk migration peaks mid- to late-month.
• Very large flocks of thousands of birds, made up of many different species, can be heard flying overhead on quiet nights.
• Asters and Goldenrod are in bloom.
• Juvenile American Goldfinches can be seen and heard harassing adults for food at feeders.
• Bats are busy feeding, building fat for hibernation and migration.