The Marion County Conservation Department released their January Nature Notes on Thursday. According to Marion County Naturalist Marla Mertz, the full Wolf Moon will be the first full Moon of the new year, and it will be visible on Friday, January 25th. Eagles are fashioning their nest to lay eggs as early as February or March, while the great horned owl is ready to nest during the latter portion of January into February. The great horned owl is Iowa’s largest and most adaptable owl and commonly lays two to three eggs in late January or early February. Mertz adds that as of January 3rd, purple finches have been coming to feeders and shrubby areas around Cordova Park. Numerous Ring-billed gulls, white pelicans, mallard ducks, Canada geese, and a great blue heron have been spotted below the Lake Red Rock Dam.