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.