November Nature Happenings
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Daylight decreases by 54 minutes!
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Project Feeder Watch starts and extends until April, feederwatch.org
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Chipmunks descend into their burrows. They plug up the entrance and spend the winter sleeping or eating.
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Common Loons and Tundra Swans begin to appear.
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Numbers swell for wintering owls such as Northern Saw-whet, Long-eared and Short-eared Owls.
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Eastern Monarch Butterflies reach their central Mexican overwintering sites starting in November.
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Waterfowl migration peaks this month.
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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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Bald Eagle migration peaks.
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Leonid meteor shower is mid-month.