Alberta Nature in November

• Project Feeder Watch starts and extends until April, Project FeederWatch
• Most Juncos will have headed south for the winter by the end of the month with some remaining over winter.
• Waterfowl migration peaks this month.
• Peak of White-tailed Deer breeding season. Use caution while driving.
• Pine and Evening Grosbeaks begin to arrive.
• Mule Deer bucks go into rut.
• Red-tailed Hawks replaced with Rough-legged Hawks from the North.
• Wooly Bear Caterpillars search for late blooming Asters, clovers and sunflowers.
• Long-tailed Weasels (Ermine), as well as Snowshoe Hares, are changing into their winter coats.
• Open water is important if there's an early freeze. Put out heated bird baths for a winter water source.
• By mid-month, most deer are in rut, resulting in considerable movement of animals during the periods of dawn and dusk.
• Black bears have mostly entered their dens. Grizzly bears enter dens later, often returning to their den site during the first major snowstorm of the year.
• Snowy owls appear in fields and pastures as they drift south.
• Porcupines are starting to court.
• Squirrels build up their middens to take them through winter.
• Bohemian Waxwings move into settled areas often in large flocks.
• Beavers are safe in their lodges for the winter.
• Common Goldeneyes and Mallards winter as far north as they find open water.
• Common and Hoary Redpolls appear in yards and at feeders across Alberta.
• Cougars are active all winter hunting primarily deer.
• Leonid meteor shower peaks from midnight to dawn, November 4&5.
• Full Moon is November 24, 2026, called the "Beaver Moon". This will be the closest supermoon of the year.