March香蕉视频直播檚 increasing hours and intensity of sunlight warms the Earth and brightens the sky 香蕉视频直播� wildlife stirs and spectacular sunrises and sunsets are seen.
Although you most likely won香蕉视频直播檛 see any bears yet, they are starting to shake their slumber.
Two little squirrel size baby cubs are born to mature females biannually in January while momma snoozes. They snuggle up, nurse and saunter out from their dens with mom on warm spring days once they reach puppy dog size.
Adult bears lose 40 per cent of their body weight while hibernating and emerge from their dens voraciously hungry. Thankfully, their favourite spring foods consist of nutritious bulbs and shoots, grass, dandelions, and insect larvae. They may even dig up a few rodent families.
Cougars are active all year long wintering on wind-packed slopes or lower in the valley, usually following deer herds. They are rarely seen, but in March they tend to follow packed trails leaving large cat tracks.
Spring sets off a frenzy of coyote mating. Listen for the nighttime serenades of coyotes yelping followed by falsetto howls.
Wildlife attacks make people wary of wilderness travel, but put into perspective that attacks are so extremely rare that they even hit the news. Far more people are injured or killed in vehicular accidents.
Familiarize yourself with bears, cougars and other local wildlife to appreciate their biology and behaviours, and to know safety precautions.
Most wildlife are hungry now, so please don香蕉视频直播檛 leave any food or compost out. They can find their own food in the wilderness.
March is a good month for evening "owl prowls," too.
Rodents run around on top of the snow escaping the carbon dioxide laden subnivean (under snow) environment.
Owls are attracted to the easy pickings. These magnificent birds are vociferously calling in hopes to attract mates and establish their territories.
Males court females by supplying them with food and furs (rodents). But, owls don香蕉视频直播檛 all hoot 香蕉视频直播� some screech, whistle or make other odd calls.
Join a birding friend, the Naturalist Club or get an owl sound recording to become familiar with the calls.
Spring香蕉视频直播檚 intense sun warms tree bark triggering beetle eggs to develop into larvae and awakening other insects over-wintering under the bark. Woodpeckers can hear the juicy critters move and are often seen actively drilling holes or tearing loose bark to feast.
Chickadees, and other winter resident birds, are checking out nesting cavities and having a heyday heralding the return of spring.
The combination of daylight hours increasing through March along with unstable weather patterns 香蕉视频直播� sometimes sunny and warm offset by cooling trends with rain or snow-laden clouds 香蕉视频直播� create dramatic lingering sunsets.
Up at Silver Star the "Alpen Glow," or the warm pink sunset香蕉视频直播檚 reflection over the Monashees to the East, creates a spectacular evening show.
Cool evening air slides downhill into the valley while warmer March air rises. T
hese temperature inversions fill the valley with fog creating beautiful morning sunrises and sunny, blue daytime skies up on the mountains.
In March, these inversions thankfully usually rise or "burn off" by mid morning. Hooray for spring!
Roseanne Van Ee enthusiastically shares her knowledge of the outdoors to help readers experience and enjoy nature. Follow her on Facebook.