OH, SAM, PEABODY.

>> ERIC: IT'S HOT OUT THERE.

WITH A CHANCE AT RECORD-SETTING TEMPS NEAR 90 THIS WEEKEND, MANY HUMANS WILL BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO COOL OFF.

BUT WHAT WILL THE BIRDS BE DOING?

HAS ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY WARM START TO FALL MESSED WITH THEIR MIGRATION PATTERNS?

LET'S ASK OUR RESIDENT BIRDER.

SHARON STITELER, KNOWN TO MANY AS "BIRDCHICK," IS HERE WITH SOME ANSWERS -- AND BIRD PICTURES -- FOR US.

I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THAT BIRD FEEDERS WOULD HAVE TOPPED THE AGENDA HERE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

>> IT IS SUCH A BIG QUESTION THAT I'M GETTING RITE NOW BECAUSE HUMMING BIRDS ARE STILL BEING SEEN IN THE METRO AREA AND FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE A RUBY THROATED UMING BIRD AT YOUR FEEDER IN EARLY OCTOBER IN MINNESOTA.

THIS IS USUALLY THE LAST WEEK I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THEM.

IF IT WERE A LITTLE CHILLIER, I WOULD PROBABLY BE TAKING MY HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER IN FOR THE SEASON THIS WEEKEND.

BUT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO LEAVE MINE OUT JUST FOR ANOTHER WEEK.

THE YOUNGER RUBY THROATS TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO HEAD FURTHER SOUTH.

SO GIVE THE KIDS A BREAK.

KEEP YOUR NECTAR FEEDER OUT THERE.

FRESHEN IT UP ONE MORE TIME.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ONE FOR SEVEN-DAYS, IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO TAKE THE FEEDER IN.

?RASES SO I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE -- >> Cathy: SO I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE WARM WEATHER.

>> IN SOME WAYS, IT'S KEEPING INSECTS OUT, SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP SOME OF THEM BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE FEWER INSECTS TABLE.

TEMPERATURE ISN'T WHAT NECESSARILY KEEPS BIRDS HERE.

IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH PHOTO PERIOD OR THE LENGTHS OF DAYLIGHT.

THAT'S THE CUE THAT TELLS BIRD WHEN THEY NEED TO MOVE NORTH AND SOUTH.

AS IT AFFECTS BIRDS' HORMONES AND THE SUN ANGLE HITS IN A CERTAIN WAY, IT'S SIMILAR TO THE WAY IT IS IN SPRING, SO YOU MIGHT HEAR BIRDS SINGING THIS TIME OF HEAR.

YOU MIGHT HEAR WHITE THROATED SPARROWS ARE SINGING.

>> Eric: CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THAT?

>> YOU KNOW, ONLY MY PHONE DOES BIRD CALLS, NOT ME.

I ALMOST DID ONE.

BUT THIS WHITE THROATED SPARROW IS THE OH, PEABODY, PEABODY.

YOU HAVE ALL THE YOUNG ONES, SO INSTEAD OF GETTING THE -- [ WHISTLING ] YOU'LL GET WEIRD SONGS.

IT'S LIKE, ALMOST, YOU ALMOST HAVE IT.

SO IT'S -- >> Eric: DOES WHAT THEY'RE SINGING INDICATE THEIR MOOD?

>> OH, YEAH, ROBBINS SHOULDN'T BE INGING TERRITORY SONG THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AND SO IF THEY DO, THAT MEANS THEY'RE KIND OF RANDY.

THE SUN ANGLE IS MESSES WITH THEIR HORMONES.

ONCE THEY MOVE ON A LITTLE BIT, THE HORMONES WILL CALM DOWN.

>> Cathy: AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO JUST GO AWAY, HEAD SOUTH?

>> WELL, AND THE ROBBINS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ROBBINS ALL WINTER AND THE ROBBINS WE HAVE NOW, THEY'RE FROM CANADA.

THE ROBBINS WE HAD BREEDING IN OUR YARDS THIS SUMMER, THEY'RE GOING FURTHER SOUTH.

THEY'RE GOING TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES.

BUT WE'RE GETTING THE BIGGER, MORE A.M.

MORE A.RAM BUNKSOUS OBBIVES FROM CANADA.

SOMETIMES THEY TEAL BAIT FISH FROM ICE FISHERMEN.

I GET -- >> ROBBINS WITH LITTLE MINNOWS.

IT'S THE WEIRDEST THING.

>> Eric: A BIT MISCHIEVOUS.

>> Cathy: HELP ME OUT HERE.

WHEN YOU AND I DID THAT LITTLE THING DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU WERE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT BACKYARD WAS FULL OF NATIVE PLANTS.

>> YES!

>> Cathy: HELP ME OUT, THOUGH.

IS THIS THE TIME TO ACTUALLY PLANT NATIVE PLANTS?

BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET A PROCESS SOONER ARREST LATER, SO WHAT'S THE POINT?

>> THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT ONES YOU CAN GET RIGHT NOW AND SOMETIMES I CRUISE PLACES THAT HAVE NATIVE PLANTS ON SALE BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING THEM AT A DISCOUNT AND YOU CAN TRY THEM OUT.

I HAD A GOOD TIME PLANTING MENARDA, AND CARDINAL FLOWER, AND THEN THE ACTUAL FLOWERS COME THE NEXT YEAR.

AND ITH SOME OF THESE PLANTS, IT'S OT JUST ABOUT BERRIES.

I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO FEED MEAL WORMS WHICH IS BASICALLY THE SALAM YEAR OF THE BIRD WORLD.

THEY NEED OTHER TYPES OF INSECTS THAT ARE MUCH HEALTHIER.

SO THESE OTHER TYPES OF PLANTS THAT YOU CAN PUT OUT, HEY CAN PROVIDE SOME INSECTS.

I MEAN, YOU CAN GET BERRIES, CEDAR WAX WINGS LOVE TO CHUG DOWN ON THEM.

>> Cathy: DO THEY GET DRUNK?

>> OH, GOSH, DID YOU NOT SEE ME WHEN I GOT TO FOX NEWS TALKING ABOUT DRUNK BIRDS?

>> Cathy: OBVIOUSLY I MISSED THAT.

HOW DID I MISS THAT?

>> I ENDED UP ON JIMMY FALLON.

YEAH, NO, THAT HAPPENS IN SPRING.

DUNK BIRDS DON'T HAPPEN IN FALL.

THAT'S A SPRING THING.

YOU'LL GET BIRDS -- THIS IS ONE.

MY FAVORITE PHOTOS.

THIS IS A SPARROW TRIFECTA AND THEY'RE EATING ALL KINDSES OF SEEDS FROM NATIVE PLAFNTS.

LOOK FOR ECHINACEA AND THAT'LL BE OUT THERE.

AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE THINGS LIKE TREES ARE REALLY GREAT.

LIKE I'VE GOTTEN GOOD DEALS ON SNOWY MOUNTAIN ASH THIS TIME OF YEAR AND IT'S ALSO FUN TO SEE THINGS LIKE NUT HATCHES.

>> Eric: ANY NEW GANG >> Eric: ANY NEW GA GAJ GADGETSR BIRDING?

>> THE NEW ONE IS PROBABLY THE VIZIO.

IT'S THE BINOCULARS, THEY'RE A 10 BY 32 BINOCULAR THAT HAS A 32 MEGA PIXEL IN IT, AND IT HAS A MERLIN IN IT.

>> Eric: WHAT'S THE EVERYDAY LOW PRICE FOR THAT?

>> ABOUT 5,000.

>> Eric: WHOA!

>> Cathy: IF MY MOM IS WATCHING, JUST DON'T LISTEN.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THOSE REALLY COOL BIRD FEEDERS THAT HAVE A CAMERA IN THEM.

AND ON YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT BIRD IS ON AT THE FEEDER.

I LOVE THAT.

>> +SPH-TS THEY'LL IDENTIFY THEM FOR YOU.

AND ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE FEEDERS, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BIRDS EATING ALL YOUR SEEDS TOO FAST, THERE'S AN AUTO FEEDER YOU CAN GET.

I PROGRAM TO PUT OUT SEED FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AND THEN THE SPARROWS CLEAR OUT EVERYTHING, THEN THEY LEAVE, THEY'RE NOT EATING ALL THE SEED, AND THEN MORE COMES OUT.

>> Eric: I'M BEING CHIRPED AT.

SHARON, NICE TO SEE YOU.

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