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.