Nature Happenings: FEBRUARY

• Great Backyard Bird Count, mid-month, www.birdsource.org/gbbc
• Project FeederWatch continues, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
• February is National Bird Feeding Month
• Look for early-returning Ruby-throated Hummingbirds during the last week of February.
• Eastern Cottontail mating season.
• American Woodcocks are doing courtship flights.
• American Robin spring migration begins in late February.
• As days lengthen, Tufted Titmice and cardinals begin to sing.
• Sandhill Cranes can be seen migrating north in late February.
• Hibernating butterflies (Morning Cloak, Comma) emerge on warm days.
• Have houses ready for mature Purple Martins that will return by end of the month.
• Smith's Longspurs will be on their way back to the Arctic by the end of the month.
• Bluebird and other nest boxes need to be cleaned out this month.