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Outdoor Almanac Spring 2013
The Outdoor Almanac is excerpted from Mass Audubon's Sanctuary magazine, which is sent to members three times a year. | March | April | May | June |
March 20 Vernal equinox, first day of spring. Days and nights are equal length. March 23 Listen for the trill of song sparrows.
March 26 Phoebes and fox sparrows arrive about this time. March 27 Full Moon. The Fish Moon
Back to top April 3 Listen for spring peepers. April 6 Field sparrows return.
April 10 Tree swallows return. April 15 Look for white shadbush blossoms in woodlands. April 20 Listen for the trill of toads from nearby swamps and marshes. April 25 Full moon. The Flower Moon.
April 29 Brown thrashers, towhees, house wrens, barn swallows, and chimney swifts return. Back to top May 8 Watch for trout lilies, columbine, trillium, and other woodland wildflowers before the trees leaf out.
May 10 Spring azure butterflies appear at forest edges and in gardens. May 15 The height of spring warbler migration; listen for the dawn chorus and watch the
treetops and shrubbery at dawn and dusk. May 20 Painted turtles and snapping turtles move onto land to lay their eggs.
May 24 Full moon. The Planting Moon.
May 26 Scarlet tanagers and rose-breasted grosbeaks return. May 28 Dogwoods bloom. Back to top June 6 Listen for the green frog chorus from freshwater marshes and ponds. June 11 Field wildflowers begin to bloom about this date. June 16 Sulphur butterflies emerge; fireflies appear in grassy areas.
June 21 Summer solstice, longest day of the year. Back to top
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