We’re passionate about birds and nature. That’s why we opened a Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop in our community.
28558 Woodward Avenue
Royal Oak, MI 48067
Phone: (248) 548-2424
Fax: (248) 548-2424
Email: Send Message
Store Hours:
Mon - Fri: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sat: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Comments:
Dream Cruise Hours: M-Th 10-6pm, Fri. 10-3pm, Sat 8/15 CLOSED, Sun. 11-4pm.
September Nature Happenings
• Sept. 4: Full Moon, Sept. 18: New Moon
• Sept. 13: The planet Uranus is closest to earth
• Sept. 22: Autumn Equinox- almost equal amounts of day and night
• Do not take down your hummingbird feeder yet. Their migration is not correlated to feeders being available! Keep them up until the end of October to feed migrating juveniles.
• Migrating Brown Creepers, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Golden-crowned Kinglets appear near the end of the month.
• Eastern Monarch Butterflies continue their migration south from Ontario.
• Using their antlers, male Moose start to fight for females.
• Little and Big Brown Bat mating seasons complete
• Final egg laying for the Eastern Monarch Butterfly.
• Ruby-throated Hummingbirds migrate through Southern Ontario through September.
• Blackbird (grackles, cowbirds and redwings) flocks can number in the thousands.
• Most hummingbirds depart by the end of month.
• Robins are in large flocks, feeding on crab apples.
• Broad-winged Hawk migration peaks mid- to late-month.
