April Nature Happenings

Earth Day, April 22nd

• Project FeederWatch ends this month, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
• Hummingbirds arrive; be sure to have their feeders ready. Watch for Ruby-throated Hummingbirds toward the end of the month. 
• Watch for Orioles and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks from mid to the end of April to arrive.
• Robins typically nest April through July and can bear 2-3 broods in a season. The female does most of the nest building. Put out a pan of mud and nesting materials and watch her collect materials to make her nest.
• Watch for Red-headed Woodpeckers around mid-April.
• Warblers should begin arriving in bushes and high in tree tops. 
• Northern Mockingbirds, Lark Sparrows, Green Herons, swallows and kingbirds return from winter habitats.
• Eastern Towhee’s return to scratch around under bird feeders. They can be heard and seen dashing in and out of low brushy thickets, but prefer to sing from higher and more open perches.
• Woodcocks continue their “sky dance” courtship flights.
• Flickers are establishing their territories.
• Lyrids meteor shower, late-April.