Nature Happenings
- Painted Buntings, Orchard and Baltimore Orioles begin to arrive.
- Young are born in nursery colonies of bats.
- The Dawn Chorus begins. Be sure to listen for the early morning natural serenade.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies fly May-September, two flights.
- Red-headed Woodpeckers are nesting. Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers are incubating.
- Chickadees, titmice and nuthatches are incubating eggs and are less likely to be at feeders.
- Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, nighthawks, Wood Thrushes, Veerys and Chimney Swifts return.
- House Wrens return. They may come in late April (earlier in south) if spring is warm.
- Sub-adult Purple Martins return to establish new colonies early in the month.
- Nesting materials are being collected.
- Eta Aquarids meteor shower is early-May.
- International Migratory Bird Day is mid-May.