Nature Happenings
- New Moon: June 3; Full Moon: June 17
- June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month
- Bird migration is finished. Birds that are here now are summer residents that nest.
- As the month progresses, feeders can become busy with visiting parents and fledglings.
- House Wrens are nesting.
- Wood Duck and Mallard ducklings hatch and venture forth early in the month.
- Canada Geese begin molting.
- Young woodchucks and raccoons emerge and venture out with their mothers.
- Look for birds like Cedar Waxwings eating the ripe fruit of Serviceberry.
- Horseshoe Crabs spawn on Delaware bayshore beaches in late-May to early-June.
- Pond turtles are digging nests; the eggs will hatch in 80 – 90 days.
- White-tailed Deer fawns continue to be born through mid-month.