☃️ January Nature Happenings ☃️

❄️ Project FeederWatch continues, feederwatch.org
❄️ Watch for mixed flocks of birds to feed on winter berries, poison ivy and cedar trees.
❄️ Now through late March is a difficult time for birds; providing food and an open source of water is important.
❄️ During the first or second week of January, the first returning Purple Martins will be seen along the coast.
❄️ Squirrel mating season.
❄️ Woodpeckers are easy to spot on leafless trees.
❄️ Waterfowl are present on the coast or on deep-water lakes.
❄️ Coastal states host many wintering hummingbirds that need a reliable source of nectar.
❄️ During late January or early February, Great Horned Owls will be sitting on their eggs.
❄️ Bald Eagles begin nesting behavior.
❄️ Black-crowned Night-Heron nesting begins.
❄️ Wood Stork colony formation begins.
❄️ Barred Owl: (January - February) nesting peak time. Will incubate eggs in one month; young fledge nest a month later.
❄️ Aldo Leopold's (Father of Wildlife Conservation) Birthday is on Jan. 11th.
❄️ Quadrantid Meteor Shower early in the month. See up to 60 falling meteors per hour!