Nature Happenings

• Project FeederWatch continues, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw

• Christmas Bird Count is this month, birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count

• Look for Pine Siskin and Purple Finches at your feeders.

• Provide a blend with enough white millet to satisfy the increase in ground feeding birds like towhees and juncos.

• Great Horned Owls are pairing up this month – listen for their "who" calls.

• Smith's Longspurs arrive for their brief visit to the north-central part of our region.

• Every variety of Red-tailed Hawk has arrived to winter here, along with a few Rough-legged and Ferruginous Hawks.

• This is a great time to teach chickadees and titmice to feed from your hand.

• Watch for late waterfowl migrants such as Northern Shovelers, mergansers, Ruddy Ducks and Common Goldeneyes.

• Fox and Gray Squirrels' mating seasons.

• Wintering Woodcocks start to display late in the month.

• Geminid Meteor Shower is mid-month.