Kentwood, Michigan

Nature Happenings

• Nov. 6: Daylight Savings Time ends - "fall back"
• Nov. 10: Full Moon, Nov. 25: New Moon
• Nov. 12: Project Feeder Watch starts and extends until April.
• Nov. 17-18: Leonid meteor shower
• Common Loons and Tundra Swans begin to appear.
• Numbers swell for wintering owls such as Saw-whet, Long-eared and Short-eared Owls.
• Eastern Monarch Butterflies reach their central Mexican overwintering sites starting in November.
• Peak number of Sandhill Cranes at Michigan sanctuaries (Phyllis Haenhle and Baker) by the end of the month.
• Beavers are very active in the evenings while caching a winter supply of food.
• Waterfowl migration peaks this month.
• Open water is important if there's an early freeze. Put out heated bird baths for a winter water source.
• Bald Eagle migration peaks.