- Annual
Christmas Bird Count begins mid-month.
- Buy live Christmas trees for later planting - red cedar, holly and pine
are nice.
-
Great horned and
barred owls are courting; listen
for their hooting.
- During cold spells,
manatees congregate at natural springs and industrial warm water sites.
- Bears are still on the move. Watch out for them in Lake, Collier, Marion,
Highlands, Jefferson, Gulf, Volusia and Hernando counties.
-
Belted kingfishers become more common as winter migrants join resident populations.
- Right whales appear off east coast north of Sebastian
Inlet.
- Snail kites
in south Florida begin courtship this month.
- Goldfinches are plentiful in north Florida.
- Nesting season begins for
ospreys in south
Florida.
- December and January are best times for watching
waterfowl on wetlands, lakes, and prairies.
- In north Florida, bald eagles start hatching about
Christmas day.
- Opossum breeding now through mid-summer.
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