Nature Happenings

• Hummingbird numbers peak around Labor Day, then start to dwindle; huge numbers along Texas coast.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

• Blackbird (grackles, cowbirds and redwings) flocks can number in the thousands.

Common Grackle

• Broadwings and other hawks pass through.

Coopers Hawk

Sharp-Shinned Hawk

• Peak of Blue-winged Teal migration.

Blue Winged Teal

• First flickers and kinglets can appear by the end of this month - they love suet.

Flicker 

Ruby Crowned Kinglet

• Migration month! More birds are in the area now than any other month.

Red Winged Blackbird 

• American Goldfinch juveniles can be seen and heard harassing adults for food at feeders.

Goldfinch on Echinacea

• First juncos and White-throated Sparrows can appear by the end of this month.

Dark Eyed Junco

White Throated Sparrow

• Robins are in large flocks, feeding on crab apples.

American Robin

• Peak migration for Bald Eagle and other raptors.

Bald Eagle

• House Wrens begin arriving in the southeast in late-September.

House Wren