Nature Happenings

• Moving water is a real magnet for some non-seed eating migrants.
• Provide fruit like orange halves and apples for tanagers, orioles and grosbeaks.
• Listen for unusual bird calls as a clue to find different birds visiting your backyard.
• Orioles and grosbeaks are nesting.
• House Finches young are fledging.
• Watch for Broad-tail and Black-chinned Hummingbirds at your nectar feeders and flowers.
• Eta Aquarids meteor shower is early-May.
• International Migratory Bird Day is mid-May.