Nature Happenings

• Project Feeder Watch continues, feederwatch.org
• Audubon's Christmas Bird Count is this month
• Robins come in flocks to bird baths.
• Watch for an increasing number of juncos on the ground beneath your seed feeders.
• Provide a blend with enough white millet to satisfy the increase in ground feeding birds like towhees and juncos.
• Duck and geese numbers peak throughout the state.
• Watch for flocks of Cedar Waxwings.
• Feeder activity increases as weather cools and rains arrive.
• Along the California Coast, Surf Scoter flocks form behind the surf zone. Keep scopes handy to look for Black and White-winged Scoters.
• Along the California Coast, rafts of Western Grebes form behind the surf zone. You'll need scopes to look for Clark's Grebes.
• Geminid Meteor Shower is mid-month.