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.

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• Feeders get busier as the month progresses.

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• Peak number of Sandhill Cranes at Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in northern Indiana by middle of month.

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• Beavers are very active in the evenings while caching a winter supply of food.

• Waterfowl migration peaks this month.

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• Mallard migration peaks in the area.

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• Peak of deer breeding season. Use caution while driving.

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• Open water is important if there's an early freeze. Put out heated bird baths for a winter water source.

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• Leonid meteor shower is mid-month.

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