Nature Happenings

• Great Backyard Bird Count, mid-month, www.birdsource.org/gbbc

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

• February is National Bird Feeding Month

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• Look for early-returning Ruby-throated Hummingbirds during the last week of February.

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• Eastern Cottontail mating season.

• American Woodcocks are doing courtship flights.

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• American Robin spring migration begins in late February.

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• As days lengthen, Tufted Titmice and cardinals begin to sing.

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• Sandhill Cranes can be seen migrating north in late February.

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• Hibernating butterflies (Mourning Cloak, Comma) emerge on warm days.

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• Have houses ready for mature Purple Martins that will return by end of the month.

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• Smith's Longspurs will be on their way back to the Arctic by the end of the month.

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• Bluebird and other nest boxes need to be cleaned out this month.

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