Nature Happenings
- Project FeederWatch ends this month, feederwatch.org
- 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 dance" 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.