No, you didn’t miss an event at The Quarry Farm. There was no official activity today to commemorate avian acrobats. There was, however, a walkabout in the nature preserve to see who is flitting about in the lead up to the October 9 Fall Bird Migration Hike. Birders Deb and David were on the trails bright and early to document birds that are either back “in town” for the cold months or who are passing through on their way further south. They identified 36 species.
Highlights on this gorgeous day included:
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 Winter Wren
3 White-crowned Sparrows
10 White-throated Sparrows
2 Lincoln Sparrows
1 Tennessee Warbler
3 Nashville Warblers
1 Common Yellowthroat
6 Yellow-rumped Warblers
1 Painted Lady Butterfly
Lucky for all of us, Deb was packing her camera.
The sun comes late now in Northwest Oho. On October days like today, heavy wet clouds mute sunshine even more. The youngest roosters crow at the very inkling of sunrise, causing more than a little discussion in the henhouse. Last Saturday began gray and sleepy, too, but it didn’t stay that way. Thanks be for that, because the 7th was the second time we held a Quarry Farm 5K walk/run on Roads 7L and M7.
There was water for all, thanks to Ted’s Market, and to Paula Harper for making sure it was distributed at the turnaround and to Phyllis Seitz for passing more bottles out at the finish. Bananas and homemade cookies (oatmeal chocolate chip, cranberry white chocolate, molasses, granola—glutened and without) further refreshed as the event winners received their 
