Nature Happenings

NABA National Butterfly count.
Peak of River Bluet (dragonfly) flights
Bison mating season
First brood of immature hummingbirds begin to show up at nectar feeders early in the month.
Thistle plants begin to seed; goldfinches gather thistledown for nesting material and begin nesting.
Many species (robins, cardinals, bluebirds, etc.) may be in their second nesting.
Mallards and Wood Ducks molt into "eclipse" plumage and are unable to fly for several weeks.
Fall migration starts this month with shorebirds returning later in month.
Katydids and Cicadas are in full chorus by late-month.
Listen for the feeding screeches of young Barred and Great Horned Owls.
Look for hummingbirds feeding on Trumpet Creeper and Jewelweed flowers.
Many songbirds go into heavy molt.
Great Blue Herons fledge.
Delta Aquarids Meteor shower peaks in late-July.