Nature Happenings

• Migration numbers swell for Yellow-rumped Warblers, Brown Creepers, Winter Wrens and kinglets.
• Migrating Hermit, Swainson’s and Gray-cheeked Thrushes can be seen feeding on wild grapes, crab apples, and other fall fruits.
• Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have mostly left the area. You may still see an occasional straggler.
• First migrating owls, including the Saw-whet and Short-eared Owls, appear.
• Chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers and jays are caching seeds and nuts for the winter.
• This is the month to install and repair nest boxes for use next year.
• Pine Siskin return early this month and in late-September.
• Most Wood Ducks migrate south this month. A few stay over winter.
• Juncos and White-throated Sparrows become common at feeders.
• Raptor migration peaks.
• Orionids meteor shower is late-October.