Nature Happenings in September

• Hummingbird activity may be strong, with migrating hummingbirds preparing to leave. Year-round hummingbirds, Anna's and Allen's, will continue to come to feeders. 
• In late September, begin watching for fall migrants like Dark-eyed Juncos and White-crowned Sparrows.
• Keep an eye on your bath and yard for southward migrating tanagers and buntings.
• Activity at feeders may decrease.
• Last orioles, grosbeaks and tanagers are gone.
• Fall warblers start passing through in numbers.
• Watch for fire-flight birds in coastal areas if fires are burning inland.
• Shorebird migration is underway; large concentrations of birds can arrive in the morning and be gone at night if weather is favorable.