August Nature Happenings

• Full Moon:  August 4th; New Moon:  August 19th;
• August 17th is National Honeybee Day
• Fall raptor migration begins; watch for American Kestrels, Ospreys and Bald Eagles.
• Month of the spider - their numbers and webs peak.
• Peak month for summer wildflowers to bloom.
• 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 the area.
• Squirrels give birth to their second brood.
• Deer are shedding the velvet off their antlers.
• Chimney Swifts can be seen in large flocks over chimneys at dusk.
• American Goldfinches finish nesting late this month.
• Second brood of hummingbirds begin to appear at feeders early- to mid-month.