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• Migrant warblers concentrate on coasts after cold fronts.
• Indigo buntings, Mississippi kites, eastern kingbirds, grosbeaks, warblers, tanagers, orioles and thrushes begin returning to North America.
• Wood storks in north Florida begin courtship and nesting.
• Florida sandhill crane chicks more conspicuous as they become old enough to begin foraging in open habitat.
• Common loons head north from their Florida wintering grounds.
• Bobwhite quail nest now through September.
• Long-tailed weasels, minks, and river otters will be born April through May.
• Plant extra parsley for black swallowtail butterfly larvae to forage.
• Watch for hummingbirds feeding on blooms of columbine, buckeye, and feeders.
• Most wild turkey hens are nesting.
• Blooming wildflowers and pitcher plant blanket the wet savannahs of the Panhandle.
• Larval mole salamanders mature and leave ponds.
• Bobcat kittens born this month and next.
• Manatees are dispersing around Florida's coastal waterways.
• Seasonal manatees speed zones change in Florida's waterways.
• Stingrays move close to shore in southwest Florida.
• Largemouth bass move into shallow water in Lake Talquin.
• Jack crevalles and cobia move into coastal waters off the east coast.
• Alligators begin moving about, seeking new territories and mates.
• American crocodiles in Florida Bay begin laying eggs.
• Florida softshell turtles lay eggs now through July.
• Carolina anoles breed.
• Loggerhead sea turtles begin to nest on Florida sandy beaches along the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida.