Signs of Spring: March

Depending on your location you'll experience spring unfolding on its own timetable. Typical things for the passing weeks of spring are shown on the calendar below. Click and enjoy!

         
Week 1

Ducks Detecting Daylength

Migration and courtship —and special moves for you.


Orioles
Living in two worlds
         

Week 2

Prairie Chickens
Dancing and drumming at dawn

 


Red-wing Blackbirds
"Okalee!" Males are arriving.

 



Humpback Whales
Wintering in Maui. Why there?




Maple Sugaring Spring Phenology
Chart and record the
syrup run this year

         

Week 3

Swallows Due at Capistrano!
How do cliff swallows build their nests?

Loons
Ice out, loons on!



Canada Geese
Honk! Migration overhead—see how to dance along!
         
Week 4


Worms
What's it like to be a worm underground?

 


Gray Whales
Who's into spring training?

Frogs and Toads
What's the difference?
         
Week 5


Grackles
Males doing their courting dance

 

 


Right Whales

Georgia to Cape Cod: whales on the move
 

Leaf Out
Leaf-out
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