April Nature / Fun Happenings
April is ASPCA, Frog, Alcohol Awareness, Beaver Awareness, Child Abuse Prevention,
National Autism Awareness, Keep America Beautiful, Humor, Jazz Appreciation, Licorice,
Poetry, Sexual Assault and Prevention, Tulip, Prevention of Animal Cruelty, Distracted Driving
Awareness and National Garden Month
• Project Feeder Watch ends this month.
• April 1: Full Moon, April 10: Last Quarter Moon, April 17: New Moon,
• April 23: First Quarter Moon
• April 1-7: Laugh at Work Week
• April 2-9: Passover
• April 5-11: Bat Appreciation
• April: 9-12: Masters Tournament
• April 12-18: National Dog Bite Prevention Week.
• April 13-20: International Dark Sky Week
• April 18-26: National Park Week www.nps.gov/npweek
• April 19–25: Administrative Professionals Week
• April 24-30: World Immunization Week.
• April 1: All Fool’s, National Fun Day and Fun at Work Day
• April 2: World Autism and National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
• April 3: Good Friday and Find a Rainbow Day
• April 4: World Rat and Love Our Children Day
• April 5: Easter Sunday and National Deep Dish Pizza Day
• April 6: Army and Twinkie Day
• April 7: National Beer Day - End of Prohibition
• April 8: National Dog Fighting Awareness Day
• April 10: ASPCA Day and National Farm Animals Day
• April 11: National Pet Day and Record Store Day
• April 12: National Licorice Day
• April 14: National Gardening and Dolphin Day
• April 15: Jackie Robinson and Tax Day
• April 17: Bat Appreciation Day
• April 20: Boston Marathon
• April 21: National Library Day
• April 22 - 23: Lyrids meteor shower peaks
• April 22: Earth Day and Administrative Assistance’s Day
• April 23: National Lost Dog Awareness Day
• April 24: Arbor Day
• April 25: World Penguin Day
• April 26: Audubon Day, John James Audubon’s Birthday
• April 26: Pretzel Day and Go Birding Day
• April 27: Babe Ruth Day
• April 28: Save the Frogs Day
• April 30: Adapt a Shelter Pet Day and Bugs Bunny Day
• Early April migrants include the Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Snipe and Tree Swallow.
• Late April migrants include the Brown Thrasher, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, American Bittern, Chimney Swift, Chipping Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Caspian Tern.
• Great Horned Owls have their young.
• The Common Loon finishes its northward migration by the end of April. Some late migrants arrive in May.
• Purple Martins (scouts) begin to arrive in April. Purple Martins return by middle of the month. Be sure to have their houses ready.
• Cardinals begin nesting.
• White-throated Sparrows begin calling.
• Woodcocks continue their "sky dance" courtship flights.
• Bluebirds are nesting by end of the month. Be sure to have their houses ready.