November Nature Happenings

• Project Feeder Watch starts and extends until April, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
• Juncos and Tree Sparrows become common at feeders.
• Waterfowl migration peaks this month.
• Peak of White-tailed Deer breeding season. Use caution while driving.
• Pine and Evening Grosbeaks begin to arrive.
• Mule Deer bucks go into rut.
• Red-tailed Hawks replaced with Rough-legged Hawks from the North.
• Wooly Bear Caterpillars search for late blooming Asters, clovers and sunflowers.
• Long-tailed Weasels (Ermine), as well as Snowshoe Hares, are changing into their winter coats.
• 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.