Nature Happenings

• Project FeederWatch continues, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
• Rufous Hummingbirds and Violet-green Swallows arrive.
• Trumpeter Swans depart.
• Turkey Vultures arrive.
• House Sparrows begin nesting.
• Mason Bees emerge and begin their life cycle.
• Nesting Bald Eagles lay on their eggs early in the month.
• Orange-crowned Warblers and Virginia Rails arrive.
• Skunk Cabbage and Trilliums bloom.
• Dogwoods and flowering Cherry and Plum Trees bloom.
• Crows begin to build their nests.
• Gray Whales return to Puget Sound waters.
• Ospreys return from their winter home on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
• Great Blue Herons nest in communal rookeries.