MAY NATURE NEWS:

🦋Orioles return and begin nesting in the northern part of the region. Get feeders, nectar, fruit and jelly out early.
🦋Canada Geese goslings and Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Wood Duck and Mallard ducklings hatch and venture forth early in the month.
🦋Peak of warbler migration away from the coast happens very early in the month.
🦋Sub-adult Purple Martins return to establish new colonies early in the month.
🦋Grassland species on territory: Buntings, Blue Grosbeaks, Dickcissels, Northern Bobwhite.
🦋Cedar Waxwings finally depart.
🦋Yellow-billed Cuckoos are late to arrive and the first to leave; some individuals will spend less than a month at their breeding territory.
🦋Chickadees and Titmice become scarce at feeders as they nest and raise their young.
🦋Bluebirds: first brood fledges, second nesting attempt begins.