Nature Happenings
- New Moon: July 3; Full Moon: July 17
- NABA National Butterfly count.
- 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.
- 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.
- Delta Aquarids Meteor shower active July 2 - August 23rd