Nature Happenings
- Very large flocks of thousands of birds, made up of many different species, can be heard flying overhead on quiet nights.
- Migration month! More birds in the area now than any other month.
- 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.
- Blackbird (grackles, cowbirds and redwings) flocks can number in the thousands.
- Fall migration peaks for warblers and others.
- Peak Blue-winged Teal migration.
- Robins are in large flocks, feeding on crab apples.
- First juncos and White-throated Sparrows can appear by the end of this month.