Nature Happenings

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

• Rufous Hummingbirds and Violet-green Swallows arrive.                                                            (Violet-green Swallow)

• Trumpeter Swans depart.

• Turkey Vultures arrive.

• House Sparrows begin nesting.   (House Sparrow)

• Mason Bees emerge and begin their life cycle.  (Mason Bee)

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

• Orange-crowned Warblers and Virginia Rails arrive.   (Orange-crowned Warbler)

   (Virginia Rail)

• Skunk Cabbage and Trilliums bloom.

• Dogwoods and flowering Cherry and Plum Trees bloom.

• Crows begin to build their nests. 

• Gray Whales return to Puget Sound waters. 

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

• Great Blue Herons nest in communal rookeries.  (Great Blue Heron)