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 and National Garden Month
- Project Feeder Watch ends this month.
- April 1: Last Quarter Moon, April 8: New Moon, April 15: First Quarter Moon, April 23: Full Moon
- April 1-7: Laugh at Work Week
- April 7-13: Bat Appreciation and National Dog Bite Prevention Week.
- April: 11-14: Masters Tournament
- April 20-28: National Park Week www.nps.gov/npweek
- April 21–27: Administrative Professionals Week
- April 24-30: World Immunization Week.
- April 1: All Fool’s and Fun Day
- April 2: National Autism Day
- April 3: Find a Rainbow Dat
- April 4: World Rat and Fun at Work 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
- April 12: National Licorice Day
- April 13: Record Store Day
- April 14: National Gardening and Dolphin Day
- April 15: Jackie Robinson and Tax Day
- April 17: Bat Appreciation Day
- April 22 - 23: Lyrids meteor shower peaks
- April 22: Earth Day
- April 24: Administrative Assistance’s Day
- April 25: World Penguin Day
- April 26: Audubon Day, John James Audubon’s Birthday and Pretzel Day
- April 26: Arbor Day
- April 27: Babe Ruth and Go Birding Day
- April 28: Save the Frogs Day
- April 30: Adapt a Shelter Pet 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.