Taken from July-September edition of Audubon Parks newsletter "The Warbler."
July
•First brood of immature
hummingbirds begin to show up at
nectar feeders (early)
•Garter snakes give birth to live
young
•Thistle plants begin to seed, goldfinch gather
thistledown for nesting material
•Mallards and Wood Ducks molt into eclipse plumage –
unable to fly for several weeks
•Katydids and cicadas in full chorus by mid-month
•Listen for the feeding screeches of young Barred and
Great Horned Owls
•Fawns begin traveling with adult females
•Butterfly milkweed in bloom; look for Monarch
Butterflies – adult, eggs, and larva
July
•First brood of immature
hummingbirds begin to show up at
nectar feeders (early)
•Garter snakes give birth to live
young
•Thistle plants begin to seed, goldfinch gather
thistledown for nesting material
•Mallards and Wood Ducks molt into eclipse plumage –
unable to fly for several weeks
•Katydids and cicadas in full chorus by mid-month
•Listen for the feeding screeches of young Barred and
Great Horned Owls
•Fawns begin traveling with adult females
•Butterfly milkweed in bloom; look for Monarch
Butterflies – adult, eggs, and larva
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