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.