What to Look & Listen for at the Conservancy in April

Pheasant Branch Conservancy is home to an amazing assortment of plants and wildlife all year long. Here are the birds, animals, and plants to look out for when you visit Pheasant Branch Conservancy in April.

Birds

• Bald eagles nesting
• Mallard hens nesting
• Sandhill cranes laying eggs
• Goslings hatching
• Belted kingfishers*
• Tree swallows*
• Yellow-bellied sapsuckers*
• Cowbirds*
• Sandpipers*
• House wrens*
• Barn swallows*
• Purple martins*

*spring migration arrivals

Other Animals

• Water striders
• Spittle bugs
• Mosquitos
• Coyote pups born
• Mink kits born
• Eastern cottontail rabbits born
• White-tailed deer bucks growing antlers
• Big brown bats*
• Little brown bats*
• Common green darners*
• Gray treefrogs
• Cope’s gray treefrogs
• Pickerel frogs
• Painted turtles
• Hognose snakes
• Bumblebees
• Paper wasps
• Yellowjackets

*spring migration arrivals

Trees, Grasses & Flowers

• Pasque flower
• Dutchman’s breeches
• Prairie smoke
• Marsh marigold
• Serviceberry

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Meteorological Data

• Average temperature (high/low): 58°F/38°F
• Average precipitation (rain/snow): 2.9”/0.8”
• Average hours of daylight: 13.5