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 6: First Quarter Moon, Jan 13: Full Moon, Jan 21: Last Quarter Moon, Jan 29: New Moon
  • Jan 1-4: Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks
  • Jan 1-7: New Years Resolution Week
  • Jan 5-11: Elvis Birthday Celebration Week
  • Jan 11-19: International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week
  • Jan 13-17: No Name Calling Week
  • Jan 19-25: Hunt for Happiness Week
  • Jan 1: New Year’s Day, World Day of Peace and Global Family Day
  • Jan 3: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day.
  • Jan 4: Earth is at Perihelion 7:38 pm
  • 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 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: Martin Luther King Day and National Bagel Day
  • Jan 17: National Rye Whiskey and Popeye Day
  • Jan 18: Get to Know Your Customers Day
  • Jan 18-19: Bald Eagle Appreciation Days
  • Jan 20: Penguin Awareness and National Day of Service
  • Jan 23: National Pie Day
  • Jan 24: National Peanut Butter Day
  • Jan 26: Michigan Becomes a State , 188 years young.
  • Jan 27: Holocaust Memorial Day
  • Jan 28: WBU is 44 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.