Visit vernal pools and listen to the various species of frogs and toads. Watch their vocal sacs. Look for tadpoles developing.
Take a wildflower hike and see how many species you can find. Many wild orchids bloom in May.
Pink lady’s-slippers and mayapples attract the white slant-line moth.
Nightjars are singing at night.
The warbler migration is in full swing.
Gray whales in the Pacific Ocean are migrating to Alaska.
Watch the grunion run at night in Southern California. They lay eggs on sandy beaches at night, after high tide, at full and new moon. Night Herons are nocturnal birds. However, even Great Blue Herons and some other birds that typically eat during the day, will come at night to feast on grunion.
Darters, small minnow-like fish found in clean streams, are in beautiful breeding coloration.
Visit the jack pine forests in Mio, Michigan, to see the Kirtland’s Warblers.
Many kinds of leafhoppers can be found on lawns, as well as tiny, colorful spiders and grass flies.
Wildebeest herds are moving northwest to central Serengeti. They are following the new grass growth.
