Calendar of Events

January

Bald Ealge nesting and present on area lakes

Great Horned owls nesting

Peak waterfowl hunting

March

Wild Things - Environmental Education Festival - Vidalia RV Park - 9:00am - 5:00pm - Free Admission

Turkeys gobbling

Eagles nesting

Bass spawn, according to water temperature

Redbud, crabapple, wild plum and dogwood are in bloom

Wood Ducks are nesting

Rattlesnakes emerge from their dens

Woodcock migrate back north

Black vultures nesting

February

Red maple blooms

Woodcock nesting

Elms bloom

Wood Duck paired up and looking for nesting sites

Red-tailed Hawks nesting

April

Wild Azalea, red buckeye, pawpaw bloom

Wood Duck ducklings visible

Bull frogs croaking & mating

Turtles become active

Doves begin nesting

Shad running in river

Turkeys are nesting

Pelicans congregating on refuge

Songbirds migrating north

Shorebirds migrating north

May

Mississippi Kites migrating

Bluegill spawning

Catfish spawning

Heron rookeries start to become active

Bluebird & Prothonotary Warbler nesting

Alligators active

Chuck-will's widow calling

Black-necked stilts congregating on mud flats

Songbird migration ends by mid-May

June

National Trails Day - Take a Walk on the Wild Side - June 2nd 7:00-11:00am Magnolia Trail Parking Lot

Queen Ann's lace bloom

Maypops bloom

Turkey with young visible

Grey squirrels with young visible

Bobwhite quail calling and nesting

Roseate Spoonbills present

Eaglets leaving the nest

July

Purple martins leave nest

Black-eyed Susans bloom

Whitetail deer begin dropping fawns in late July

Cormorants on area lakes

Impoundments are flooded for shorebirds

Shorebirds begin migrating South

 

August

Whitetail deer with young visible

Wood storks present on area lakes

Alligators very visible

Blue-wing Teal migrating

Shorebirds migrating South

Herons & Egrets feeding on area lakes and impoundments

Fall (Southbound) songbird migration begins

September

Shorebirds migrating

Broad-winged hawks migrating

Blue-winged Teal pass through

Rattlesnakes begin to hibernate

Herons & Egrets feeding on area lakes and impoundments

Fall (Southbound) songbird migration begins

October

Hickory nuts falling

Start of peak Fall songbird migration

Acorns falling

Squirrels barking

Wild persimmons ripening

Fall colors showing

Begin flooding waterfowl impoundments

First appearances of Bald Eagle usually reported

November

End of season for flowering plants

Peak of Fall colors

Expect killing frost

Woodcock flights arrive from North

Wintering Bald Eagles visible near impoundments

Waterfowl numbers build

 

December

Deer in rut

Late acorns falling

Great Horned Owls begin nesting

Bald Eagle present on area lakes