Nature Happenings
- September 15th: New Moon
- September 29th: Full Moon
- September 23rd: Autumnal Equinox - almost equal amounts of day and night
- Baltimore Orioles, Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers and Indigo Buntings depart.
- Fall colors peak this month.
- Moose mating season, now through October.
- New England Aster flowers and lasts through October.
- Baccharis (Groundsel, Salt Bush) can be seen in bloom now through early winter.
- Clematis and Elsholtzia (mint bush) bloom until late October.
- First killer frost could occur this month.
- Fall warbler migration peaks this month.
- Monarch Butterfly migration peaks this month.
- Watch for Green Darner Dragonflies migrating south.
- Look for Wooley Bear caterpillars moving across sun-warmed pavement.
- First juncos and White-throated Sparrows can appear by the end of this month.