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• Warblers migrate southward.
• In late September gray bats migrate to north Alabama for winter hibernation.
• First signs of leaves changing color; blazing star, rabbit tobacco and blue curls abloom.
• Peak of hurricane season - watch for unusual bird sightings following tropical storms.
• Bald eagles return to nest sites and begin courtship.
• Panhandle blue crabs migrate to deeper water for winter.
• Hawks begin migrating; watch for them along both coasts and in the Florida Keys.
• Peak blooming period for water-spider orchids in central Florida.
• Florida scrub-jay fledglings have completely blue heads, having lost their brown juvenile plumage.
• The rut begins for Key deer.
• Atlantic sturgeon begin fall migration from the Suwannee and Apalachicola Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico.
• Green sea turtles continue to nest; loggerhead leave Florida shores to begin their migrations.
• Lights Out! Sea turtles emerge from their nests and head for the ocean. Females may become confused by lights on the beach.
• Lovebugs, or Bibionidae flies, mate in the middle of roadways.