Nature Happenings
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Snow Geese start returning by the end of this month.
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Dark-eyed Juncos return from their northern breeding grounds early this month.
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Indigo Buntings are gone by the end of this month.
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Keep your hummingbird feeders filled and clean until you have not seen a hummingbird for two weeks.
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This is the month to install and repair nest boxes for use next year.
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Waterfowl migration continues to build.
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American Goldfinches start to return late this month (in the south of the region).
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Free-tailed Bats migrate to Mexico.
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First Sprague's Pipits and longspurs arrive for the winter.
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Look for scarce Rufous Hummingbirds to arrive throughout the region.
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Wintering sparrows, towhees and juncos arrive. They all love millet in a ground feeder.
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Monarch Butterfly migration reaches its peak late in month, sometimes in uncountable numbers.
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Sandhill Cranes arrive in huge flocks late in the month with many staging in the western half of the region.
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Orionids meteor shower is late-October.
Dark-eyed Junco American Goldfinch
Spotted Towhee Screech Owl & Roosting Box