April Nature Happenings

• Project FeederWatch ends this month. www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
• Broad-tailed and Black-chinned Hummingbirds begin to arrive. Be sure to have their feeders ready. Hummingbird nectar recipe: Mix 4 four parts water to one part table sugar... no red dye!
• Put out nesting materials for birds. Stop by the store! We have these!
• Bullocks and Scott's Orioles begin to arrive. Place your orange-colored nectar feeder out in the open to entice flying orioles to your yard. Oriole nectar recipe: Mix six parts water to one part table sugar. Orioles also like oranges and grape jelly. Be sure to choose grape jelly without high fructose corn syrup.
• Lesser Goldfinch begin migrating to higher elevations.
• Tree Swallows begin nesting later this month.
• Lucy's Warblers arrive! Check the Rio Grande Nature Center to hear and see one of these beauties!
• Shorebirds pass through showing their breeding plumage.
• The Lyrids meteor shower in 2025 will be active from April 16 to April 25, with its peak on April 22 and 23.
• Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.