As Nesting Season Comes to a Close…

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…

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…