July Nature Happenings

• July 3: Full (Buck) Moon; July 28: New Moon
• NABA National Butterfly count
• Delta Aquarids Meteor shower peaks July 29th-31st
• Baltimore Oriole babies still showing up at feeders with parents!
• Blueberries ripen in early July
• First brood of immature hummingbirds begin to show up at nectar feeders early in the month
• Look for hummingbirds feeding on Trumpet Creeper and Jewelweed flowers
• Except for goldfinches and late bluebirds, bird breeding and nesting season ends this month
• Thistle plants begin to seed; goldfinches gather thistledown for nesting material
• Yellow Warblers begin to migrate south and are gone by August
• Fall migration starts this month with shorebirds
• Blackbirds begin to flock together late in month - look on wires!
• Listen for the feeding screeches of young Barred and Great Horned Owls
• Katydids and Cicadas are in full chorus by mid-month
• Fawns begin traveling with adult females
• Raccoons, skunks and opossums are digging up and eating turtle eggs