March Nature Happenings - Great Lakes

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

• Southwest winds bring migrating Turkey Vultures and hawks into the area.*

• Killdeer and Great Blue Herons return from over-wintering in early March.*

• Robins begin to reappear, their song a traditional sign of spring.*

• Peak of spring waterfowl migration.

• Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles arrive in early March.*

• Common Loons begin to arrive in Northern Ontario in mid-March.

• Sandhill Cranes can be seen migrating north.*

• Bald Eagles and Screech Owls are sitting on their eggs.

• Woodcocks are doing courtship flights in late March.

• Mourning Doves are nesting.

• Phoebe’s return late in the month.

• Spring Peepers, Wood Frogs and Chorus Frogs begin calling late in the month.

• Goldfinches begin to molt into their brilliant yellow plumage.*

* These birds and nature happenings began to be reported in February this year