November Nature Happenings

 

  • Daylight decreases by 54 minutes!

  • Project Feeder Watch starts and extends until April, feederwatch.org

  • Chipmunks descend into their burrows. They plug up the entrance and spend the winter sleeping or eating.

  • Common Loons and Tundra Swans begin to appear.

  • Numbers swell for wintering owls such as Northern Saw-whet, Long-eared and Short-eared Owls.

  • Eastern Monarch Butterflies reach their central Mexican overwintering sites starting in November.

  • Waterfowl migration peaks this month.

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

  • Bald Eagle migration peaks.

  • Leonid meteor shower is mid-month.