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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal
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Another opportunity for bird photography has just arrived with our cooler late-September temperatures!
As is usually the case in Autumn, small clusters of Slate-Eyed Juncos are appearing in open areas around Lake Winnipesaukee.
Remarkably, the Northern Flicker
which
had been declining in numbers
appears to have made a huge recovery—at least at the old Wolfeboro Airport. (Along with countless Juncos).
A little later in October expect some White-Throated Sparrow songsters—who will be whistling their sad and plaintive, but beautiful calls into the surrounding forests there.
Leave your ear-buds at home! 
Look to the very end of Wolfeboro's Forest Road, where the forest opens up to expansive native-grass areas—but especially along roadway margins.
Be aware that Northern Flickers are
extremely wary of even a car's stealthy approach, but you can expect them to eventually return to whatever meal they (lately) have been finding there.
