- Tropic birds arrive in Dry Tortugas.
- Bald eagles begin migrating north.
- Red-cockaded woodpeckers are breeding.
-
Flathead catfish congregate below Jim Woodruff Dam, Apalachicola River.
- Courtship ritual of adult
alligators begins, noted by the loud and resounding bellows and water
slapping. Continues through June.
- Peak flight period for Schaus' swallowtail
butterfly in Keys.
- The last of the cedar waxwings and goldfinches head
for their northern breeding grounds.
- Painted buntings nest through summer in northeast Florida.
- White swamp lilies dot wet prairies and sloughs in the Everglades.
- Least terns nest on beaches,
sandy flats, and flat gravel rooftops that look like beaches!
- Celebrate
International Migratory Bird
Day.
- Breeding begins for many resident and summer
songbirds.
-
Pompano are running in the north Florida surf.
- Lights Out!
Sea turtles emerge from their nests and
head for the ocean. Females may become confused by lights on the beach.
- Peak of
coyote denning season.
- Most bats give birth May through mid-June.
- American lotus in bloom on wetlands.
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Florida
Wildlife Calendar
