Nature Happenings

March

  • Project FeederWatch continues, feederwatch.org
  • Hummingbirds arrive. Be sure to have their feeders ready.
  • Goldfinches begin to molt into their brilliant yellow plumage.
  • Bluebirds begin nesting by the end of the month. Be sure to have their houses ready, and begin monitoring them by the middle of the month (incubation 14 days; fledging in 18 days).
  • Cardinals, Carolina Chickadees, Crows and Blue Jays begin nesting.
  • The Sandhill Crane spring migratory population peaks during the first or second week of the month.
  • Peak of Eastern Screech-Owl nesting.
  • Osprey begin nesting.
  • Barn Swallows arrive.
  • Tufted Titmice begin nesting at the end of the month.