We’re passionate about birds and nature. That’s why we opened a Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop in our community.
Willa Springs Shopping Center,
5687 Red Bug Lake Road
Winter Springs, FL 32708
Phone: (407) 695-0526
Fax: (407) 695-4293
Email: Send Message
Store Hours:
Mon - Sat: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 am - 4:00 pm
October Nature Happenings
•* Oct. 14: Full Moon, Oct. 28: New Moon
* Cedar Waxwings arrive in the SE.
* Look for scarce Rufous Hummingbirds to arrive throughout the region.
* Wintering sparrows, towhees and juncos arrive late in the month - they all love millet in a ground feeder.
* It's a good time to install bluebird winter roost boxes.
* American Goldfinches start to return this month (in the south of the region).
* First Sprague's Pipits and longspurs arrive for the winter.
* Monarch migration reaches its peak late in month, sometimes in uncountable numbers.
* Sandhill Cranes arrive in small flocks late in the month.
* Waterfowl migration continues to build; lots of geese can be seen passing over at the end of the month.
* Bald Eagle nest building and maintenance begins.
* Great Horned Owl males begin hooting in nesting territory.
* Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers arrive in the SE.
* Sedge Wrens arrive in the SE in mid-October.
* Peak fall migration for American Robins
