Nature Happenings

  • June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month
  • Young groundhogs and raccoons emerge and venture out with their mothers.
  • Crickets begin their nightly serenade.
  • 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.
  • Flycatchers are back.
  • Wood Duck and Mallard ducklings hatch and venture forth early in the month.
  • Canada Geese begin molting.
  • Coreopsis and Butterfly Weed start blooming; they're great butterfly attractors.
  • Trumpet Vine starts blooming; it's a great hummingbird attractor.