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 4 First Quarter Moon, April 12: Full Moon, April 20: Last Quarter Moon, April 27: New Moon
- April 1-7: Laugh at Work Week
- April 6-12: Bat Appreciation and April: 7-13: Masters Tournament
- April 13-19: Holy Week National Dog Bite Prevention Week.
- April 13-20: Passover
- April 19-27: National Park Week www.nps.gov/npweek
- April 20–26: Administrative Professionals Week
- April 24-30: World Immunization Week.
- April 1: All Fool’s and Fun Day
- April 2: National Autism and National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
- April 3: Find a Rainbow Day
- April 4: World Rat and Fun at Work Day
- April 5: National Love Our children 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 11: National Pet Day
- April 12: National Licorice and Record Store Day
- April 14: National Gardening and Dolphin Day
- April 15: Jackie Robinson and Tax Day
- April 17: Bat Appreciation Day
- April 20: Easter Sunday
- April 22 - 23: Lyrids meteor shower peaks
- April 22: Earth Day
- April 23: Administrative Assistance’s Day
- April 25: World Penguin Day and Arbor 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.