Natural History Calendar

Bald eagles are building or maintaining nests.

Great horned owls begin nesting.

Bald eagles are laying eggs.

Gray partridge and sharp-tailed grouse often use snow for thermal cover, and may be found burrowing and roosting under snow.

Snow buntings come to the state to overwinter.

Snowy owls may be found overwintering in the state.

Northern hawk owls, an uncommon visitor to ND, may be seen.

Sage grouse survival rates are relatively high in winter. Winter diet consists almost entirely of sagebrush buds and leaves.

Sharp-tailed grouse diet consists primarily of berries (buffalo berry, rose hips, snow berrires, etc) and buds (green ash, alder, chokecherry, etc) during winter months.

Sharp-tailed grouse and gray partridge often use snow for thermal cover, and may be found burrowing and roosting under snow.

Coyotes are breeding and howling is at its peak.

Red fox breeding season.

Beaver breeding season.

Bobcat are breeding and juveniles are dispersing.

Striped skunk males begin leaving their winter dens in search of mates.

Raccoon breeding season.

Mink breeding season.

Red fox pups born.

River otter born.

Striped skunk breeding season.

Black bears are hibernating.

Monarch butterfly annual migration begins in Mexico.