2018 Phenology Calendar Gichi-Manidoo-Giizis (January) Namebini-Giizis (February) Great Spirit Moon Sucker Moon Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Full Moon 1 (Supermoon) 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3
ermines are active beavers begin mating 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
gray squirrels begin red fox begin mating wolves begin mating mating New Moon New Moon 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 Partial Solar Eclipse 16 17
coyotes begin mating 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
bear cubs born Full Moon 28 29 30 31 (Supermoon) 25 26 27 28 Total Lunar Eclipse
great horned owls begin hooting and claiming territories deer shed antlers
Onaabani-Giizis (March) Iskigamizige-Giizis (April) Hard Crust on the Snow Moon Maple Sugar Moon Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Full Moon 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
start watching for ice out willow buds break ravens nesting on lakes walleye spawning 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
bald eagles on breeding average spearing opener grounds and courting 1988-2015 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 New Moon 15 16 New Moon 17 18 19 20 21
snowshoe hare coats red maple blooming daylight savings starts maple sap begins to flow begin to turn brown loons arrive trout lily leaves pop up 18 19 20 Spring Equinox 21 22 23 24 22 Lyrids Meteor shower 23 24 25 26 27 28
bloodroot and ruby-crowned kinglets fiddleheads emerge spring beauties yellow-rumped warblers early leek growth woodcocks peenting wood frogs calling arrive sugar maple flowering begin blooming return first garter snake 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Full Moon 29 30 Full Moon
male red-winged grouse drumming blackbirds return river otters giving birth sandhill cranes arrive dragonflies emerge
Waabigwanii-Giizis (May) Ode’imini-Giizis (June) Flower Moon Time for Picking Strawberry Moon Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 1 2
watch for newborn marsh marigolds watch for turtles laying deer fawns blooming eggs 6 Eta Meteor Shower 7 8 9 Jupiter at its brightest 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sugar maple leaf bud watch for nesting black flies out burst loon chicks hatch songbirds deer flies emerge 13 14 15 New Moon 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 New Moon 14 15 16
trillium blooming bracken fern beginning starflower blooming most warblers return to unfurl watch for fireflies strawberries ripen 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 Summer Solstice 22 23
mosquitoes out in large numbers strawberry flowering blue flag iris blooming 27 28 29 Full Moon 30 31 24 25 26 27 Saturn at its brightest 28 Full Moon 29 30
black ash leaves out
Compiled by H. Panci and T. Bartnick, GLIFWC Staff Published by Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, PO Box 9, Odanah, WI 54861 • 715-209-1608 • www.glifwc.org 2018 Phenology Calendar Aabita-Niibino-Giizis (July) Manoominike-Giizis (August) Half Way Through the Summer Moon Ricing Moon Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4
watch for eaglets fledging
8 9 10 11 12 13 New Moon 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 New Moon Partial Solar Eclipse Partial Solar Eclipse
Perseids Meteor 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 Shower 13 14 15 16 17 18
bluebead lily berries watch for manoomin jewelweed pods ripen turn blue ripening on rivers 22 23 24 25 26 27 Full Moon 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total Lunar Eclipse Mars at its brightest
blueberries and raspberries ripen nighthawks migrate birch leaves start to fall 29 30 31 26 Full Moon 27 28 29 30 31
watch for manoomin mushrooms fruiting ripening on lakes goldenrod blooming
Waatebagaa-Giizis (September) Binaakwii-Giizis (October) Leaves Changing Color Moon Falling Leaves Moon Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 hunting season opener (bobcat)
leaves begin to turn color watch for peak fall color
Draconids Meteor New Moon 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 shower 9 10 11 12 13 hunting season opener (deer, bear, pheasant, grouse, turkey)
snowshoe hares begin loons leave lakes to turn white tamaracks turning yellow 9 New Moon 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
raptors migrating watch for first snow
Orionids Meteor Full Moon 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 Shower 22 23 24 25 26 27
monarch butterflies watch for first frost ferns start to turn color migrating cranberries ripening all leaves on ground 23 Fall Equinox 24 25 Full Moon 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 bear season ends (WI & MI) 30
Gashkadino-Giizis (November) Manidoo-Giizisoons (December) Ice is Forming Moon Little Spirit Moon Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 1
deer in rut snow starts accumulating 4 5 Taurids Meteor Shower 6 7 New Moon 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
last sandhill cranes daylight savings ends migrating south waterfowl leaving lakes lakes begin freezing over
Leonids Meteor New Moon Geminids Meteor 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Shower 9 10 11 12 13 Shower 14 15 bear season ends (MN)
black bears finding dens look for mink and otter slides 18 19 20 21 22 23 Full Moon 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 Winter Solstice 22 Full Moon
25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31many (not all) hunting seasons end look for snow fleas (see regulations) in the snow
Compiled by H. Panci and T. Bartnick, GLIFWC Staff *Treaty seasons in the 1837 and 1842 Ceded Territories of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.