Great Backyard Bird Count, mid-month, birdcount.org
February is National Bird Feeding Month
Project FeederWatch continues, feederwatch.org
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds reach the Gulf Coast in late February.
Early migrant warblers, including the Northern Parula, start to arrive along the Gulf Coast.
Have houses ready for Purple Martins that will return by end of the month.
Be sure to have nesting boxes ready for bluebirds as they select their nesting territories this month.
Barred Owls and Eastern Screech-Owls are courting.
As days lengthen, Tufted Titmice and cardinals begin to sing.
Sandhill Cranes can be seen migrating north in late February.
Smith's Longspurs will be on their way back to the Arctic by the end of the month.
American Robin spring migration begins in late February.
Flocks of Cedar Waxwings can be seen feeding on berries.
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.
