Monthly Journal | the Intown Hawk

It’s been a warm, dry fall so far. With the drought, birds and critters have appreciated the water in birdbaths and the pond. But the drought was broken as reported in our previous post, and we have started hearing toads again at night.

A flock of several hundred grackles passed through a few days ago and we have started seeing Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Surely colder weather is not far off.

Eastern Bluebird

Blue Jay

Brown-headed Nuthatch

House Finch and Northern Cardinal

Carolina Wren

Flock of Common Grackles

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Eastern Bluebird

Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Hermit Thrush

House Finch

Ladybug Larva

Northern Mockingbird

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Song Sparrow

White-breasted Nuthatch and Eastern Bluebird

White-breasted Nuthatch

October’s journal is in two parts: photos from the neighborhood, followed by photos of wildlife from Jekyll just after hurricane Matthew.

We’ve been seeing Monarchs in our yard all month. One stayed and visited flowers for most of one afternoon. This Monarch was so pristine we speculated that perhaps it had just morphed out. There were many Monarchs on Jekyll as well, which was most encouraging.

Monarch butterfly on Georgia Aster

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Eastern Bluebird

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown Thrasher

Tufted Timouse

We arrived on Jekyll on October 12, two days after the island was re-opened and five days after hurricane Matthew hit. While the island sustained a fair amount of damage, things were in better shape than we had feared. And we were encouraged that wildlife seemed to have made it through. Also, very glad to see that the magnificent Live Oak in Brunswick known as Lover’s Oak, which is said to be over 900 years old, made it through as well.