Nature Happenings

• Great Backyard Bird Count, mid-month, birdcount.org
• February is National Bird Feeding Month
• Project FeederWatch continues, feederwatch.org
• In higher elevations put up bluebird boxes for Mountain and Western Bluebirds that are looking for suitable nest sites.
• Sandhill Cranes are leaving the Bosque del Apache and heading north.
• Watch for Evening Grosbeaks eating black oil sunflower seeds at tray feeders.
• Watch for Ruby-crowned Kinglets and flickers at suet feeders.
• Goldfinches begin to molt into their brighter plumage.
• Look for heavy feeder activity as birds molt, fatten up for migration, sing/defend territory and build nests.
• Scrub-Jays begin to nest late in the month in higher elevations.
• Swallows arrive.
• Great Blue Heron nesting continues.
• Bald Eagles present in the local mountains.