Welcome to Wild Birds Unlimited of Watertown! 

Store Event:  Saturday 10/4; Meet the Oppossums 1:30-3:30! 

Store Promotions: 

**10/1 thru 10/6 Double Points Event! 

**15% OFF All Hot Pepper Bird Food; 10/13 thru 10/29.   

Remember, During October, our CT Black Bears will be actively foraging for food in preparation for hibernation.  Please ensure you are feeding birds responsibly! 

For information on how you can feed the birds and not the bears, you can contact us 860-417-2236 or [email protected].

October Nature Happenings

• Witch Hazel and bush clover blooms.
• Wood Thrush, Hooded Mergansers, Gray Catbird, swallows and Chipping Sparrows depart.
• Watch for migrating hawks and Turkey Vultures.
• Juncos and White-throated Sparrows become common at feeders.
• Blackbird flocks number in the thousands as grackles, cowbirds and redwings migrate.
• Milkweed pods burst open, spreading their fluffy seeded parachutes.
• Autumn colors peak mid-month.
• Chipmunks start hibernating in underground burrows.
• American Tree Sparrows return to feeders late this month.
• Most Wood Ducks migrate south this month. A few stay to over winter.
• Waterfowl migration peaks during October.
• Beavers are very active in the evenings while caching a winter supply of food.
• American Goldfinches can be seen feeding on catkins of birch trees.
• Orionids meteor shower is late-October.