Nature Happenings
- Full Moon, April 13th
- New Moon, April 27th
- Earth Day, April 22nd
- Project FeederWatch ends this month, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
- American Tree Sparrows depart; Chipping Sparrows arrive.
- Courtship activities begin for Black-capped Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Mourning Doves and Chipping Sparrows.
- Hooded Mergansers, Gray Catbirds, Barn Swallows, Eastern Phoebe, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Hermit Thrushes and loons return.
- Black Cherry in bloom.
- Adult deer ticks become active in early April.
- Skunks are digging for grubs.
- Coyote pups are born between now and May.
- Towhees, thrashers, wrens, Barn Swallows, Chimney Swifts return this month.
- Wood Ducks are nesting.
- Flowering Dogwoods and Daffodils begin blooming.
- Rhododendron bushes begin blooming in early April.
- Shadbush blooms this month.
- Black Bears emerge from their dens.
- Lyrids meteor shower, late-April.