Nature Happenings - December

• Christmas Bird Count is this month, birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count.
  

• Project Feeder Watch continues

• Robins come in flocks to bird baths, a source of unfrozen water is very important for all birds.

• Watch for an increasing number of juncos on the ground beneath your seed feeders and Kinglets through the bushes.
  
  
• Provide a blend with enough white millet to satisfy the increase in ground feeding birds like towhees and juncos.
  
  
• Duck and geese numbers peak throughout the state. Watch for flocks of Cedar Waxwings especially at berry producing trees and shrubs
  
  
• Feeder activity increases as weather cools.
  
  

• Geminid Meteor Shower is mid-month. 12/13-12/14

• 12/15 Cold Moon (Full moon).