Pat Shingleton for Oct. 5, 2009

• By PAT SHINGLETON
• WBRZ Chief Forecaster
• Published: Oct 5, 2009

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As we expect more frontal passages and cooler weather, bird watchers will witness migrations. Duck hunters will have an eye to the sky. Birdwatchers report the ever-popular ruby-throated hummingbird will leave our area at the end of the month with a few staying year-round. The Web site hummingbirds.net reports 12 species of hummingbirds, from the rufous and black-chinned to the broad-tailed, broad-billed and green violet-ear visit us. As noted in a Weather News column, the ruby-throated hummingbird is the most common species that breeds east of the Rockies and will journey to its wintering grounds in Central America. National Wildlife Week’s “Wildlife and Weather” says keep feeders in place for stragglers. Fastcast: Showers.
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ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION: to come.