- Migrant warblers concentrate on coasts after cold fronts.
-
Indigo buntings,
Mississippi
kites, eastern kingbirds, grosbeaks, warblers, tanagers,
orioles and thrushes begin returning to North America.
- Wood storks in north Florida begin courtship
and nesting.
- Florida sandhill crane chicks more conspicuous
as they become old enough to begin foraging in open habitat.
- Common loons head north from their Florida wintering
grounds.
- Bobwhite quail nest now through September.
- Long-tailed weasels, minks, and
river otters will be
born April through May.
- Plant extra parsley for black swallowtail
butterfly larvae to forage.
- Watch for
hummingbirds feeding on
blooms of columbine, buckeye, and feeders.
- Most wild turkey hens are nesting.
- Blooming wildflowers and
pitcher plant blanket the wet
savannahs of the Panhandle.
- Larval mole salamanders mature and leave ponds.
- Bobcat kittens born this month and next.
- Manatees are dispersing around Florida’s coastal
waterways.
- Seasonal manatees speed zones change in Florida’s
waterways.
- Stingrays move close to shore in southwest Florida.
- Alligators begin moving about, seeking new
territories and mates.
-
Loggerhead sea turtles begin to nest on Florida
sandy beaches along the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits
of Florida.
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Florida
Wildlife Calendar
