September Nature Happenings

  • Do not take down your hummingbird feeder yet. Their migration is not correlated to feeders being available! In fact, feeders can help fuel migrants moving through.
  • Migrating Brown Creepers, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets appear near the end of the month.
  • Eastern Monarch Butterflies continue their migration south from Ontario.
  • Using their antlers, male Moose start to fight for females.
  • Little and Big Brown Bat mating seasons complete
  • Final egg laying for the Eastern Monarch Butterfly.
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbirds migrate through Southern Ontario through September.
  • Blackbird (grackles, cowbirds and redwings) flocks can number in the thousands.
  • Most hummingbirds depart by the end of month.
  • Robins are in large flocks, feeding on crab apples.
  • Broad-winged Hawk migration peaks mid- to late-month.