Nature Happenings

• Project FeederWatch ends this month, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
• Spring wildflowers in bloom
• Begin to monitor nest boxes after the middle of the month.
• South winds bring major waves of migrating birds such as thrushes and warblers.
• Osprey, Bald Eagles and hawks return.
• Green Herons arrive.
• Woodcocks continue their “sky danceBe” courtship flights.
• Hummingbirds arrive. Be sure to have their feeders ready.
• Purple Martins arrive by mid-month.
• Buttercups, Lady’s Slipper and Trilliums join the Virginia Bluebells.
• Start looking for Mayapples at the end of the month.
• Lyrids meteor shower, late-April.
• Earth Day, April 22.
• Thunderstorms may appear!
• Small backyard mammals will become more active.
• Bluebird nesting season has begun! Make sure your boxes are clean and ready to go!
• Bees and wasps start appearing in bushes and shrubbry.