February Nature Happenings

  • Full Moon:  February 9th; New Moon: February 24th
  • Great Backyard Bird Count, February 16-19, 2024 www.birdcount.org
  • Project FeederWatch continues, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
  • February is National Bird Feeding Month
  • Northern Cardinals begin calling, signaling the onset of breeding season.
  • Skunk Cabbage flowers are emerging, generating heat to melt the frozen ground surrounding them.
  • Listen for the Black-capped Chickadee mating call.
  • Eastern Grey Squirrel mating season.
  • Maple tree sap is running, so Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are working the trees.
  • Hibernating butterflies (Morning Cloak, Comma) emerge on warm days.
  • Raccoon, woodchuck, beaver, skunk, opossum and rabbit mating seasons.
  • Nest boxes need to be cleaned out this month.
  • Male Red-winged Blackbirds, Killdeer and Great Blue Herons return.