January Nature / Fun Happenings
January is National Walk Your Pet, Poverty Awareness, Soup, Hot Tea, Be Kind to Food Servers, Get Organized, Get a Balanced Life, Celebration of Life, Learn to Ski and Snowboard, Self Love and Hot Tea Month Project FeederWatch continues, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw Jan 3: Full Moon, Jan 10: Last Quarter Moon, Jan 18: New Moon, Jan 25: Last Quarter Moon Jan 1-4: Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks Jan 1-7: New Years Resolution Week Jan 4-10: Elvis Birthday Celebration Week Jan 10-18: International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week Jan 18-24: No Name Calling Week Jan 18-24: Hunt for Happiness Week Jan 31 – Feb 2: Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Jan 1: New Year’s Day, World Day of Peace and Global Family Day Jan 3: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day. Jan 3: Earth is at Perihelion 12:15 pm EST Jan 5: National Bird Day http://www.nationalbirdday.org Jan 6: Armenian Christmas, Epiphany and Three Kings Day Jan 7: Orthodox Christmas Jan 8: Bubble Bath and War on Poverty Day Jan 10: National Save the Eagles Day Jan 11: Aldo Leopold’s (Father of Wildlife Conservation) birthday Jan 12: National Hot Tea Day Jan 13: Make Your Dream Come True Day Jan 15: National Bagel Day Jan 17: National Rye Whiskey and Popeye Day Jan 18: Get to Know Your Customers Day Jan 17-18: Bald Eagle Appreciation Days Jan 19: Martin Luther King Day and National Day of Service Jan 20: Penguin Awareness Day Jan 23: National Pie Day Jan 24: National Peanut Butter Day Jan 26: Michigan Becomes a State , 189 years young. Jan 27: Holocaust Memorial Day Jan 28: WBU is 45 years old. Rare gulls and terns can be found along the Great Lakes. Black Bear cubs are born beginning in late January. Listen for Great Horned Owls’ "hoot" as they pair up for mating season. During late January or early February, Great Horned Owls will be sitting on their eggs. Now through late March is a difficult time for birds; providing food and an open source of water is important. Cardinals flocking; they’re usually the first and last birds to be seen at feeders. White-tailed Deer bucks are shedding their antlers, marking the end of breeding season. Late in the month, as days lengthen, Tufted Titmice and cardinals begin to sing. Start planning your butterfly and bird gardens this month. Carolina Wrens can be sustained with suet and mealworms.
