Nature Happenings

Great Backyard Bird Count, mid-month, birdcount.org

February is National Bird Feeding Month

Project FeederWatch continues, feederwatch.org

Look for Eastern Bluebirds.

Bluebird and other nesting boxes need to be cleaned out this month.

Eastern Meadowlarks return from their winter habitats in late February.

Red-winged Blackbirds, Killdeer and Great Blue Herons return.

Kildeer are members of the plover family and are known for their "distraction display," pretending to have a broken wing to divert predators from its ground nest.

Watch for Sandhill Cranes migrating north in late February.

Grackles return north.

Bald Eagles begin their nesting behaviors.

Chipmunks reappear at feeders as temperatures rise.