Nature Happenings

• Project Feeder Watch starts and extends until April, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
• Chickadees, titmice 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.