Nature Happenings: JULY
- NABA National Butterfly count.
- Prothonotary Warblers start to leave for Central and South America in late July after nesting here.
- First brood of immature hummingbirds begin to show up at nectar feeders early in the month.
- Mississippi Kites begin fledging their young.
- Except for goldfinches and late bluebirds, bird breeding and nesting season ends this month.
- Garter snakes give birth to live young.
- Mallards and Wood Ducks molt into their "eclipse" plumage and are unable to fly for several weeks.
- Fall migration starts this month with returning shorebirds.
- Blackbirds begin to flock and appear at feeders.
- Katydids and Cicadas are in full chorus by the mid-month.
- Listen for the feeding screeches of young Barred and Great Horned Owls.
- Butterfly and Dragonfly diversity peaks.
- Butterfly milkweed in bloom. Look for Monarch Butterfly adults, eggs and larva.
- Delta Aquarids Meteor shower peaks in late-July.