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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.