April 2016
April 2
On beaches look for piping plovers arriving from southern wintering grounds.
April 9
Listen for the high-pitched bell choir of hundreds of spring peepers in freshwater wetlands.
April 17
A native shrub, shadbush, blossoms in April when American shad are swimming upstream to spawn.
April 18
This evening is a good time to see Mercury, which is now at its highest point above the horizon. As the sun sets, the planet is in view low in the darkening sky.
April 22
Full moon. The Shad Moon (Native American).
April 27
Gray catbirds and eastern towhees return. Listen for the feline-like mewing of the catbirds among sprawling vines and thickets and the drink-your-tea call of the towhees in scrubby areas.
April 30
Search in woodlands for early wildflowers, such as trout lily, trillium, lady’s slipper, bloodroot, and hepatica.
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