Nature Happenings
- June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month
- Sharp-Shinned Hawk eggs hatch and fledglings make their first flights after 23 – 27 days.
- Many loons lay two eggs during the last week of June.
- The Harlequin Ducks build nests along fast flowing streams, then incubate their eggs for 28 – 29 days.
- Western Tanagers nest mid-month.
- Little Brown and Hoary Bats give birth to their young.
- Diminutive Daylilies and Bearded Iris in bloom.
- The striking orange Columbia Lily blooms.
- Young chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers follow their parents to suet feeders.
- Thimbleberry ripens and packs a lot of raspberry flavor into a soft cuplike fruit.
- The European forest plant, Wall Lettuce, blooms and releases its tiny parachutes.
- Bird migration is finished. Birds that are here now are summer residents that nest..
- Keep nectar feeders fresh and change sugar solutions every three days as the temperature rises.
- Many summer birds are not frequent feeder visitors but will seek out fresh water to beat the summer heat.
- Some cavity-dwelling species may attempt to start a second brood, so check your nest boxes to clean out sterile eggs, spiders, wasps or other debris and consider adding fresh cedar shavings.