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 and no sugar substitutes.

• ·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.

• Both American and Lesser Goldfinches are molting and growing in their bright yellow feathers.

•  Watch for birds gathering nesting materials.

• Tree swallows begin nesting late in the month.

• ·Earth Day is April 22.

• ·Lyrids meteor shower, late April.

• Project feeder watch ends this month.

• April 20th, Easter. We will be closed.