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Listen for hooting of Great Horned Owls

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Breeding season of Gray Squirrel begins

3
Keep bird feeders stocked

4
Provide birds with clean water
for drinking and bathing

5
Hawks use utility poles for hunting perches

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Listen for Horned Larks in ag fields

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On unusually warm evenings this month
watch for Red Bats

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Listen for Spring Peepers and Western Chorus Frogs
on warmer evenings

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Clean bird feeders after rain

15
Peak of winter gull concentration, large flocks
at Crab Orchard, Rend and Carlyle Lakes

16
Look for Mourning Cloak Butterfly
on warm sunny days

17
Eastern Screech Owls in winter roosts

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Peak of wintering Bald Eagle concentration,
easily seen at all Southern Illinois refuges

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Turkey Vultures arrive from southern U.S.

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Look for first Woodcocks to arrive

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