Birds Nesting in January
Lots of Birds Begin Nesting in January, Even Though it’s Still Winter in the Northern Hemisphere
It’s still cold and snowy where I live, but in many locations, birds are already nesting. What’s nesting in your area?
January in Nova Scotia is a cold month, often marked by freezing temperatures for days on end, snowstorms, freezing rain, or a little of each. Here, we’re just starting to think about the arrival of spring and whether our bird houses are ready—we’ll think about it until at least the first of March. Elsewhere, however, birds are already nesting.
Wading birds are nesting in Florida; Great Horned Owls are nesting in the northeastern US; Black-crowned Night Herons may be thinking about nesting near San Francisco; nesting season for Bald Eagles has started on the shores of Lake Erie, and for Peregrine Falcons in North Carolina. The flightless Nene of Hawaii are nesting now too—a little late this season.
When it’s still winter outside, it’s encouraging to think that birds are already nesting—somewhere. Are any birds nesting in your area?
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