Nature Happenings

• Feeders get busier as the month progresses.
• Open water is important if there's an early freeze. Put out heated bird baths for a winter water source.
• American Goldfinches arrive in large numbers. Keep those finch feeders filled! They are changing over to their winter coats. They are drab for better camouflage and actually have more feathers than their bright yellow breeding plumage to help beat the colder winter nights.
• Number and variety of wintering hummingbirds begins to build on Coast.
• Resident birds that may have left their home territory return for the winter.
• Waterfowl migration peaks this month.
• Franklin's Gulls pass through in large numbers on their way to wintering grounds of the coast of Chile.
• Common Loons and Bald Eagles arrive from the north.
• Northern Gannets arrive along the SE coast.
• Fall begins for most migratory waterfowl.
• The fall migratory population of the Sandhill Crane peaks in mid-November.
• Birds are forming small winter feeding flocks. They can learn each other's warning calls to stay safe. Chickadees, Nuthatches, Kinglets and Titmice may join together.
• Juncos and "Wintering" Sparrows can now be found hopping backwards on the ground scratching for seeds. They love blends with Millet.

 

 

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