Nothing too noteworthy for species the last few days as we continue into the fourth week of October and the weather continues to cool down (although I have had a few late species). I did complete my second presentation to a birding group in the last two weeks with a program for the bird club at Smith College last night on "Birding in the late fall and winter in the valley". This follows my program at the Hampshire Bird Club (Endemic Warblers of the Caribbean) on the 14th. I have actually really enjoyed putting together programs and presenting them. They have been well received and well attended and I look forward to doing more in the future.
The forecast shows northerly winds for the next few days with cooling temps before the arrival of some rain to end out the month of October and I suspect this will push in some late fall waterfowl. Elsewhere in the world a tropical system (currently a TS named Melissa) sits in the Caribbean south of Jamaica and is likely to strengthen into a major hurricane but move very little for days and will be devastating to Jamacia, Haiti and likely Cuba with high winds, extremely heavy rain and storm surge. Not a good scenario for wildlife or people in the above mentioned areas.
I also closed up the water feature at the house today as winter closes in. The last capture on the camera was a White throated Sparrow which seems an appropriate species to end with.
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