Nature Happenings

• Project FeederWatch continues, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw

• Rufous Hummingbirds and Violet-green Swallows arrive. 

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• Trumpeter Swans depart.

• Turkey Vultures arrive.

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• House Sparrows begin nesting.  

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• Mason Bees emerge and begin their life cycle. 

• Nesting Bald Eagles lay on their eggs early in the month.

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• Orange-crowned Warblers and Virginia Rails arrive. 

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• Skunk Cabbage and Trilliums bloom.

• Dogwoods and flowering Cherry and Plum Trees bloom.

• Crows begin to build their nests. 

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• Gray Whales return to Puget Sound waters. 

• Ospreys return from their winter home on the Pacific coast of Mexico. 

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• Great Blue Herons nest in communal rookeries. 

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