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CamasNWRWildlifeCalendar

Note:thedatesbelowareAVERAGEdatesforbirdandwildlifeactivitiesontheRefuge,basedonmanyyearsofdata.Theactualdateforanyparticularyearmayvaryaweekormoreeithersideoftheaveragedate.WatermarkphotobyDarrenClark.

Month Day What'sHappeningFebruary 1 GreatHornedOwlsnestingFebruary 8 BaldEaglesnumberspeak,theyroostintreesnearheadquartersMarch 1 Red-wingedBlackbirdsbeginestablishingterritoriesMarch 5 SandhillCranesreturnMarch 10 SwansarriveinlargenumbersMarch 15 SnowGeeseinlargenumbersMarch 20 Long-billedCurlewsarriveMarch 22 TreeSwallowsarriveMarch 25 PeregrineFalconsreturntonestApril 1 Ducks#sanddiversityatitspeakApril 4 Franklin’sGullsarriveApril 15 Swainson’sHawksreturnApril 20 Yellow-rumpedWarblersarriveApril 25 SpringShorebirdnumberspeakApril 25 SagebrushSparrowsArriveApril 28 WesternKingbirdsarriveMay 15 Bullock’sOriolesarriveMay 20 Springsongbirdmigrationpeakactivity5/20-6/5May 22 WesternTanagernumberspeakMay 28 SagegrousebroodscomingtoRefugetofeednearwetlandsJune 1 ElkanddeercalvesshowingupJune 1 CommonNighthawksArriveJuly 5 PeaknumberofwaterfowlbroodsvisibleonwetlandsJuly 15 Youngperegrinefalconstakeflight

August 15 FallShorebirdnumberspeakAugust 20 SnowyEgretnumberspeakAugust 20 Wilson’sWarblerNumberspeakAugust 20 Fallsongbirdmigrationpeakactivity8/20-9/20October 1 SandhillCranenumberspeakinfallOctober 25 GoodnumbersofwinterelkshowingupinandaroundRefuge

November 15 White-taileddeerruttingactivitybeginstopeak11/10-11/20December 8 AmericanTreeSparrowsarrive