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