Nature Happenings - April

  • ·Broad-tailed and Black-chinned Hummingbirds arrive. Some will stay and some are migrating through. Be sure to have their feeders ready!

  • ·Hummingbird nectar recipe: Mix four parts water to one-part table sugar….no red dye.

  • ·Bullocks and Scott's Orioles begin to arrive. Place your orange-colored nectar feeder or half an orange, juicy side up, out in the open to entice flying orioles to your yard.

  •  Orioles can drink the same nectar recipe as hummingbirds. They also like oranges and grape jelly.

  •  Watch for birds gathering nesting materials.

  • ·Happy Easter April 9 We are closed, 

  • ·Earth Day is April 22.

  • ·Lyrids meteor shower, late-April