Nature Happenings
- Project FeederWatch ends this month, feederwatch.org
- Last of the Dark-eyed Juncos disappear this month.
- Baltimore Orioles arrive early this month. Be sure to have their nectar feeders ready.
- Prothonotary Warblers arrive early this month from their wintering grounds in Central and South America.
- Listen for the subtle "Pee-O-Wee" call of the Eastern Wood-Pewee upon its return.
- Whip-poor-wills arrive in the first half of the month.
- Chuck-willís-widows start to arrive in the last week of the month
- Last of the Whooping Cranes depart Aransas NWR by the middle of the month.
- Free-tailed Bats return from Mexico.
- Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks arrive at inland breeding sites.
- South winds bring major waves of migrating birds such as southern-breeding warblers and vireos in the first half and more northerly species in the second half of the month.
- Painted Buntings begin to arrive late in the month.
- Lyrids meteor shower, late-April.
- Earth Day, April 22.