• Project FeederWatch continues, www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw • Eagle Festival at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge is in early-March. The refuge's observation floor is a WBU Pathways to Nature program site and funded by a percentage of each WBU customer's purchases. • Crows begin nesting. • Dogwood and Cherry Trees begin to bloom. • Ospreys begin looking for nest sites in mid-March. • Prepare and install boxes for cavity-nesting birds. • Peak of spring waterfowl migration. • Look for early spring migrants to return to the area. • Woodcocks are doing courtship flights. • Red-winged Blackbirds, swallows and Phoebe's begin to arrive this month. • Bluebirds stake out their territory. Be sure to have their houses ready. • Goldfinches begin to molt into their brilliant yellow plumage.
