Nature Happenings

• January is National Walk Your Pet, Poverty Awareness, Soup, Be Kind to Food Servers, Get Organized and Hot Tea Month
• Project FeederWatch continues, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw
• Jan 2: First Quarter Moon, Jan 10: Full Moon, Jan 17: Last Quarter Moon, Jan 24: New Moon
• Jan 1-4: Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks
• Jan 1-8: New Years Resolution Week
• Jan 6-10: Elvis Birthday Celebration Week
• Jan 18-22: No Name Calling Week
• Jan 1: New Year’s Day and World Day of Peace
• Jan 3: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day.
• Jan 5: Earth is at Perihelion
• Jan 5: National Bird Day http://www.nationalbirdday.org
• Jan 6: Armenian Christmas, Epiphany and Three Kings Day
• Jan 11: Aldo Leopold’s (Father of Wildlife Conservation) birthday
• Jan 15: National Bagel Day
• Jan 16-17: Bald Eagle Appreciation Days
• Jan 18: Martin Luther King Day
• Jan 18: National Use Your Gift Card Day
• Jan 20:  Penguin Awareness Day
• Jan 21: Get to Know Your Customers Day.
• Jan 23: National Pie Day
• Jan 24: National Peanut Butter Day
• Jan 26: Michigan Becomes a State , 184 years young.
• 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.