November Nature Happenings

It's almost the holiday season! This is the best time of the year to get that perfect gift for that special someone (or you!) OR stock up on all your winter bird food and save BIG! 

• Project Feeder Watch starts and extends until April, feederwatch.org
• Chickadees, titmice, bluebirds and cardinals will group with others of their species to form small winter flocks.
• Feeders get busier as the month progresses.
• Peak number of Sandhill Cranes at Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in northern Indiana by middle of month.
• Beavers are very active in the evenings while caching a winter supply of food.
• Waterfowl migration peaks this month.
• Mallard migration peaks in the area.
• Peak of deer breeding season. Use caution while driving.
• 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.