junco

Look for Dark-eyed Juncos coming to spend the winter with us!

Nature Happenings for November

Project Feeder Watch starts and extends until April, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
Warblers have gone south for the winter.
Find American Tree Sparrows, longspurs or Snow Buntings along the snow lined roads.
Orange-crowned Warblers, the last of the departing migratory birds, head south.
Trumpeter Swans arrive.
In an irruptive year, Snowy Owls arrive.
Varied Thrush and Red-Breasted Sapsuckers travel down to lowland feeders.
Pine Siskin flocks may arrive through January - have Nyjer® (thistle) ready.
Trumpeter and Tundra Swans arrive in Snohomish, Skagit and Fraser valleys.
Black Tail and Mule Deer go into rut.
Open water is important if there's an early freeze. Put out heated bird baths for a winter water source.
Leonid meteor shower is mid-month.