- Fox Sparrows under feeders during Fall migration
- Ruby-throated Hummingbirds depart by the 20th
- Juncos and White-throated Sparrows become common at feeders
- American Tree Sparrows at feeders
- White-crowned Sparrows at feeders
- Pine Siskins in an irruptive species year for WNY
- Bohemian Waxwings
- Northern Mockingbirds in feeding area
- Red-winged Blackbirds staging to leave
- Eastern Meadowlarks staging to leave
- Last visits of Eastern Bluebirds to bluebird trail
- Male Goldfinches finish molting to drab color by month’s end
- Northern Shrikes
- Greatest variety of migrating Raptors, including Bald Eagles and Red-shouldered hawks. Watch the skies ahead of a High front
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Northern Harrier
- Short-eared Owl
- Waterfowl migration continues to build
- Tundra Swans
- Green- winged Teals migrating south in OCT
- Most Wood Ducks migrate south this month
- Great-Blue Herons migrate south
- Brant along the lakeshore
- Northern Gannet possibles
- Purple Sandpiper possibles
- Orionid meteor showers
- Fall Foliage peak the 3rd week OCT
- Goldenrod, Asters, Boneset, and Blazing Star in bloom
- Whitetail bucks go into rut
- Woodchucks and Beavers feeding profusely in prep for hibernation and caching of winter food
- Full Moon OCT 14 and New Moon OCT 28
- Crickets still calling at night until the 1st killing frost
- Many frogs, snakes, turtles amd salamanders going into hibernation mid-month
- Baby spiders emerging from eggs
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