Nature Happenings

• 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.