Fall birding is quite different than spring
birding. This may seem a strange statement to people who are not involved in birding or bird watching, since many assume that a bird is a bird, no matter what the season. Far from it. Bird plumage - their color and pattern of feathers - commonly varies by the season. Birds in spring are typically in full breeding plumage; birds in fall are typically acquiring their winter plumage and identification is further complicated with immature birds who often have plumages all their own. This, of course, makes things more interesting and keeps
field guide authors and publishers in business. As for me, I love being out in the woods and fields in fall, with my binocular or spotting scope. Birding in the fall tends to be leisurely paced than spring because the migration is spread out over a longer time frame and the need to get your timing just right to catch birds in migration is not quite as critical. Lastly, I enjoy the added challenges of identifying birds in the fall, but then I have always liked puzzles, whether on paper or in feathers.