MIGRATION LOOK - A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak stops at a feeder in our yard at the start of his migration.  Unlike many other migratory birds, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks frequently start their autumn migration while their flight feather molt is still underway. The adult males lose their sharp black-and-white breeding plumage, acquiring brown edges on their feathers and looking somewhat patchy and ragged before heading south to Central and South America.

STOPOVER - An immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker stops in our yard during migration. Juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers migrate through New Hampshire in Fall as they head south from their breeding grounds.

FUNGUS AMONG US - Birds that come to our feeders have either migrated or are in the forest getting abundant natural food...but warm, wet Fall days have brought out the fungi. This looks like a mushroom in the Amanita Family - guidebook says deadly poisonous. I don't know my mushrooms - and don't eat wild mushrooms due to the lack of mushroom knowledge.