October 16, 2009 - 1
North America's colorful Autumnal feast continues here in the northeast. The areas of red leaves on this mountain seem to be increasing daily and a more brilliant collage of the many fall colors was observed this week while traveling the local country roads. The dark green of the conifer trees compliment nicely the reds of a sassafras tree near the front of this property. The yellowing leaves and dark trunks of the black walnut trees are surrounded on the west side of the yard by the faded red of the many grapevine leaves. Meanwhile, the action has been picking up at the bird feeders finally, now that temperatures have dropped into the thirties even during the day. The thistle feeder was seen covered with house finches and gold finches just yesterday for the first time since August as those birds have been busy raising their young and eating fresh seeds from the varied and abundant crop of wildflowers. There are still plenty of natural food sources available for those birds do that take advantage of the smorgasbord nature provides when wildflowers and certain other such so-called "weeds" are allowed to grow.Backyard Tip of the week:
Keep an eye out for the coming wildlife changes in your backyard. As the fall progresses and temperatures cool further, you'll find a variety of different creatures may visit your yard as they migrate through the area or even move back to your area for the fall and winter seasons. You may notice the white-crowned and white-throated sparrows, the fun spirited dark-eyed junco, or perhaps you'll catch a glimpse of the elusive red-breasted nuthatch or some other similarly special avian or animal visitor. Try it, you're sure to love it!
Backyard sightings for last week:
Including northern cardinals, blue-jays, brown creepers, song sparrows, tree sparrows. Carolina wrens and Carolina chickadees, catbirds, mockingbirds, house finches, goldfinches. Red-bellied and downy woodpeckers. Northern flickers, white-breasted nuthatches, tufted titmice, mourning doves, crows, grey squirrels, red squirrels, chipmunks, skunks, bunnies, ground-hogs, and still at least one bull frog in the pond.
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October 16, 2009 Part 2 - Cool Sightings
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