August Nature Happenings

• Aug 4: New Moon; Aug.19: Full (SUPER,Sturgeon) Moon
• Aug.12-13: Perseids Meteor shower peaks
• Most birds are no longer singing
• Month of the spider - their numbers and webs peak (esp. Daddy Long-legs)
• Peak month for summer wildflowers
• Flocks of nighthawks can be seen late in the month
• Shorebird migration builds and waterfowl migration starts
• Monarch Butterfly migration begins
• Early warblers (Cape May, Tennessee, Magnolia, Blackburnian) migrate through
• Squirrels give birth to their second brood
• Deer are shedding the velvet off antlers
• Chimney Swifts can be seen in large flocks over chimneys at dusk
• American Goldfinches finish nesting late this month. Watch for babies at feeders
• Second brood of hummingbirds begin to appear at feeders early- to mid-month.
• Starlings gather on telephone lines and leave most of our feeders alone - YEAH!