Nesting season is over, and fall migration is very near. We must soon say goodbye to migratory beauties, like the Indigo Bunting. In fact, I have already noticed that the Gray Catbirds seem to have all but disappeared from my yard. Their melodious songs and not so melodious cat-like calls are regrettably absent from…
Tag: Hawk Mountain
Last Week of September Brings a Major Migratory Shift
Even with the warm, muggy weather of last week, we still noticed a major shift in Rushton’s migratory visitors. The catbirds are of course still congregating, but the wonderful warblers are waning, the first of the thrushes are traveling through, and even a solitary White-throated Sparrow was spotted. Could that mean the jolly Dark-eyed Junco…