1
Harbinger of Spring blooms along wooded streams

2


3
Pine Warblers arrive from southern U.S.

4
Listen for Illinois Chorus Frog in sandy areas
along Mississippi River

5


6
Great Blue Herons return to rookeries

7


8
Spring Peepers in full chorus

9


10
Early woodland wildflowers blooming

11
Listen for Gopher Frogs, song sounds like deep snores

12
Beware! Striped Skunks along roadsides at night. Breeding season

13
Robins singing at dawn

14
American Toads gather in breeding ponds.
Snakes emerge from hibernation

15
Peak of northward waterfowl migration

16
Phoebes arrive from southern states and Mexico

17


18
Spicebush blooms in moist woods

19
Wild Turkeys gobbling

20
Vernal Equinox.
Bluebirds begin laying eggs

21


22
Brown Thrashers arrive

23
White Pelicans migrate along Mississippi River

24


25


26
Purple Martins arrive

27
First litter of Fox Squirrels are out

28
Tent Caterpillars spin webs in fruit trees

29
Louisiana Waterthrushes (warblers) arrive;
look for in Giant City State Park streams

30
First Whip-poor-wills arrive
31
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers arrive

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INDEX OF NATURAL EVENTS

BIOGRAPHY OF TODD FINK

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