Month October 2025

The Snowbird Returns: Meet the Dark-eyed Junco

WildWatch Weekly The Snowbird Returns: Meet the Dark-eyed Junco Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube The Arrival of Winter’s Little Messenger There’s a quiet magic to that first cold morning when the juncos return. The leaves have mostly fallen, the air carries a sharper edge, and suddenly the familiar flutter of small gray wings animates the ground beneath your feeders. Dark-eyed Juncos, those tiny, slate-colored songbirds with snowy bellies and pink bills, seem to appear overnight,...

The Giant Woodpecker of Our Woods: A Closer Look at the Pileated

WildWatch Weekly The Giant Woodpecker of Our Woods: A Closer Look at the Pileated Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube A Drumbeat in the Forest It’s often the sound that reaches you first, a deep, resonant whock-whock-whock echoing through the woods like the steady rhythm of a carpenter at work. The forest seems to pause for a moment as the sound rolls across the hills, revealing that one of the woodland’s most impressive residents is nearby: the pileated woodpecker. With its bold...

Bats on the Move: Migration and Hibernation in Pennsylvania

WildWatch Weekly Bats on the Move: Migration and Hibernation in Pennsylvania Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Bats on the Move: Migration and Hibernation in Pennsylvania If you’ve peeked into the Schwarz barn this month, you may have noticed fewer furry faces hanging from the rafters. All summer long, the barn has been alive with the flutter of wings at dusk as our big brown bat colony took off to hunt insects over the fields. Now, as the days grow shorter and the nights turn...