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