- August 12th: heard a barred owl out behind the blue heifer barn
- September 6th: great horned owl on hillside above milkhouse
- September 10th: heard and spotted a female northern cardinal in the tree by the back kitchen window
- September 14th: white-tailed deer, eastern gray squirrel, fish in river, white-tailed fawn with spots, butternut and Chinese chestnut trees (Hogback/Limestone trip)
- September 16th: killdeer (2) (Pleasant Valley area)
- September 17th: heard a black-capped chickadee in the backyard this morning; 9 killdeer, 1 widow skimmer dragonfly, 1 snapping turtle, and 1 muskrat at the farm pond this afternoon/evening
- September 18th: killdeer (4+), muskrat (1), European starling (20-25+), and turtle (species unknown)
- September 21st: bald eagle(s) (1 adult and 1 juvenile?) flying near the pond, monarch butterfly
- September 22nd: painted lady butterfly and eastern fox squirrel
- September 26th: So many monarch butterflies fluttering about and feeding on goldenrod blossom nectar!
- September 28th: female white-tailed deer, eastern cottontail
- September 29th: female northern cardinal, possibly heard eastern phoebe
- September 30th: brown thrasher, house sparrow (2), male northern cardinal
- October 5th: red-bellied woodpecker on suet, eastern phoebe in black birch tree and on top of back porch light, tufted titmouse on suet
- October 18th: 1 killdeer at farm pond
- October 20th: heard house sparrows, 1 blue jay, 1 male northern cardinal, at backyard feeder
- October 21st: 1 red-bellied woodpecker, 5 house sparrows at backyard feeder, possibly heard Canada geese in flight, Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 9 PM, rain/thunder beginning around 8:30 PM.
- October 22nd: 1 male northern cardinal in hydrangea (and visiting feeder), 2 house sparrows between backyard feeder and black birch tree, 1 male red-bllied woodpecker at backyard feeder, 7-8 Canada geese flying over in V-formation
- October 26th: house sparrow (3), white-breasted nuthatch (1), in backyard
- October 29th: red-bellied woodpecker (1), house sparrow (3), northern cardinal (1 male)
- October 31st: northern cardinal (1 male), house sparrow (3-6), white-breasted nuthatch (1), Carolina wren (heard), dark-eyed junco (1)
- November 1st: red-bellied woodpecker (1 female), house sparrow (5-6), dark-eyed junco (heard), northern cardinal (male/female pair), song sparrow (1), white-throated sparrow (1)
- November 5th: house sparrow (7), white-breasted huthatch (1), song sparrow (h), red-bellied woodpecker (h)
- November 8th: red-bellied woodpecker (1), house sparrow (4), song sparrow (1)
- November 9th: house sparrow (5-8), white-breasted nuthatch (1), red-bellied woodpecker (1), song sparrow (1), mallard (10, on farm pond)
- November 10th: house sparrow (2-3), dark-eyed junco (1-2), red-bellied woodpecker (1), nothern cardinal (1 male)
- November 11th: house sparrow (at least 1), red-bellied woodpecker (1 male, 1 female), dark-eyed junco (1)
- November 13th: house sparrow (8-10), northern cardinal (male/female pair)
- __November 19th: red-bellied woodpecker (1), northern cardinal (1 male), white-breasted nuthatch (1), house sparrow (1), song sparrow (1)
- __November 23rd:__northern cardinal (1 male), house sparrow (8), dark-eyed junco (1)
sep 11 2025 ∞
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