Nature Happenings

  • Project FeederWatch continues, feederwatch.org
  • Eagle Festival at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge is in early-March. The refuge's observation floor is a WBU Pathways to Nature program site and funded by a percentage of each WBU customer's purchases.
  • Crows begin nesting.
  • Dogwood and Cherry Trees begin to bloom.
  • Ospreys begin looking for nest sites in mid-March.
  • Prepare and install boxes for cavity-nesting birds.
  • Peak of spring waterfowl migration.
  • Look for early spring migrants to return to the area.
  • Woodcocks are doing courtship flights.
  • Red-winged Blackbirds, swallows and Phoebes begin to arrive this month.
  • Bluebirds stake out their territory. Be sure to have their houses ready.
  • Goldfinches begin to molt into their brilliant yellow plumage.

 


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