February 2017

10  Full Moon.

15 Listen for the Red Fox’s harsh, screechy bark, usually given at night, as their mating season commences.

25  Sap starting to run in Sugar Maples.

28  The first migrant Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, and Brown-headed Cowbirds are already returning, often briefly visiting feeders in noisy flocks.