Nature Happenings
- 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.
- Osprey and raptor migration begins.
- American Goldfinches finish nesting late this month.
- Second brood of hummingbirds begin to appear at feeders early- to mid-month.
- Asters and Lobelias start blooming.
- Perseids Meteor shower is mid-month.