What to Look & Listen for at the Conservancy in October

Pheasant Branch Conservancy is home to an amazing assortment of plants and wildlife all year long. Here are the birds, animals, and plants to look out for when you visit Pheasant Branch Conservancy in October.

Birds

• Wood ducks*
• Eastern phoebes*
• Red-winged blackbirds*
• Redhead ducks*
• White-throated sparrows*
• Canvasback ducks*
• Dark-eyed juncos**
• Purple finches**

*fall migration departures

**winter migration arrivals

Other Animals

• Mosquitos gone after first hard frost
• Katydids & crickets stop calling
• White-tailed deer mating
• Frogs begin to burrow in mud
• Little brown bats*
• Monarch butterflies*

*fall migration departures

Trees, Grasses & Flowers

• Bottle gentian (seeds)
• Stiff goldenrod (seeds)
• Canada wild rye (seeds)
• Ironweed (seeds)
• Yellow coneflower (seeds)
• Compass plant (seeds)
• Big bluestem (seeds)
• Blue vervian (seeds)
• Eastern prickly pear cactus (seeds)
• Goldenrod (seeds)
• Prairie dock (seeds)
• Sky-blue aster (seeds)
• Little bluestem (seeds)

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Meteorological Data

• Average temperature (high/low): 59°F/41°F
• Average precipitation (rain/snow): 2.4”/0.1”
• Average hours of daylight: 11.0