Last Bird Stop In October Was Parmelee Farm

 My last birding stop of the month was at the 132 acre Parmelee Farm preserve in Killingworth. The area has a nice historic country feel to it.They have community gardens which can be a good place to look for fall sparrows.

I've found that pumpkin fields are a good place to look for interesting bird species like pipits, once the remaining pumpkins start to rot.

 There was plenty of bird activity including Cedar Waxings, Field Sparrows, and Song Sparrows like this one.

The month seemed to go so quickly. Halloween is on Tuesday and then we're in November already!(photo is at Colchester town green)

In Search Of Fall Color

 The Fall foliage has been a little slow to develop this year but I started seeing a little more color to the leaves this weekend. I visited the reservoir on Saturday and was pleased to see my first White-throated Sparrows and Juncos of the season.

This is also the time of year that I like to check big flocks in the farm fields to see if their are any rare geese mixed in with the Canada Geese. No luck today but their was still several Killdeer flying around.

I didn't have much luck getting bird photos but this Red-bellied Woodpecker was kind enough to stick his neck out for me and show off its red head.

The skies at night have become clear and crisp with lots of color at sundown. I hope there is more color on the way for the next upcoming weekend!

Wild Turkey And Pumpkin Pie?

Why are they in such a hurry? Let's at least get past Halloween first!

Grey Skies, Un-listable Birds, And The Town Fair

The sky stayed mostly grey this weekend but not all the leaves were brown. They are just starting to take on some fall color.

 I didn't have much luck finding wild birds before the rain started coming down but this one caught the corner of my eye before I realized what I was looking at.

 Plastic pink flamingos seem to be popular these days but wouldn't count on most birding lists. I'm sure that someone keeps a list of artificial birds they see though.

 Looks like the animals have it good in this town, even the goats have their own sports cars.

 Domestic geese like these look similar to Snow Geese.

 The fair had some musical entertainment with the first act being the Tony Rome band. He changed his outfit after almost every song and did a lot of stones-type classics.

And of course we don't want to forget to mention the horn section!