March Nature Happenings - Great Lakes
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Southwest winds bring migrating Turkey Vultures and hawks into the area.
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Sandhill Cranes can be seen migrating north.
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Red-winged Blackbirds begin to arrive with their distinctive song.
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Killdeer and Great Blue Herons return from over-wintering in early March.
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Robins begin to reappear, their song a traditional sign of spring.
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Peak of spring waterfowl migration.
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Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles arrive in early March.
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Common Loons begin to arrive in Northern Ontario in mid-March.
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Bald Eagles and Screech Owls are sitting on their eggs.
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Woodcocks are doing courtship flights in late March.
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Mourning Doves are nesting.
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Phoebe’s return late in the month.
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Spring Peepers, Wood Frogs and Chorus Frogs begin calling late in the month.
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Goldfinches begin to molt into their brilliant yellow plumage.
