Month October 2026

WildWatch Weekly Things That Go Bump in the Night: Meet Nature's Halloween Creatures Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube Things That Go Bump in the Night: Meet Nature's Halloween Creatures WildWatch Weekly | A Special Halloween Edition It's Halloween! The pumpkins are glowing, the leaves are rustling, and something mysterious is moving through the darkness. Somewhere in the woods, an owl lets out an eerie call. A bat swoops silently overhead. A spider waits in the shadows of its web, and...

WildWatch Weekly Your Fall Feeder Welcome Guide: New Birds, Favorite Foods, and Better Feeders Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube New Birds, Favorite Foods, and Better Feeders One morning, your backyard feeder is hosting its usual crowd of chickadees, cardinals, and titmice. Then a little gray bird appears underneath it, flashing white tail feathers as it hops away. A sparrow with a bright white throat emerges from the shrubs. Suddenly, your familiar feeding station has a few unfamiliar...

WildWatch Weekly No Nest, No Problem: The Remarkable Life of the Brown-headed Cowbird Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube The Remarkable Life of the Brown-headed Cowbird Imagine watching a tiny songbird land beside a much larger youngster, carefully placing an insect into its wide-open mouth. The hungry youngster follows, fluttering its wings and begging for another bite. Something about this family doesn’t quite add up. There’s a good chance you’re watching a young Brown-headed Cowbird...

WildWatch Weekly Winter Guests Are Arriving: Meet Your Backyard’s Seasonal Birds Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube Your Backyard Has a Winter Guest List That little gray bird hopping beneath your feeder? It may have spent the summer far to the north. The sparrow rustling through your leaves? It could be a seasonal visitor you have been overlooking for years. As Pennsylvania’s summer birds head south, another cast of characters moves in. For birds coming from northern forests and tundra,...