Nature Happenings: NOVEMBER
- Project Feeder Watch starts and extends until April, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
- Bald Eagles begin nesting this month with young ready to fly by late February.
- Common Loons arrive from the north.
- Asters continue to bloom, mostly during the first two weeks of November.
- Feeders get busier as the month progresses.
- American Goldfinches arrive in large numbers.
- Peak number of Whooping Cranes pass through the west of the region during middle of month.
- Number and variety of wintering hummingbirds build on the Louisiana Coast.
- Resident birds that may have left their home territory return for the winter.
- Waterfowl migration peaks this month.
- Franklin's Gulls pass through in large numbers on their way to wintering grounds off the coast of Chile.
- Bald Eagles arrive from the north.
- Leonid meteor shower is mid-month.