Nature Happenings - June

• June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month

• Watch for all birds feeding their young. Baby birds, almost as big as their parents, are seen relentlessly begging for food sometimes very noisily.

• Young raptors are flying.

• House Finch young can be seen at feeders. You may need to add millet to your regular mix for June and July.

• Hummingbirds continue to nest.

• Orioles and Grosbeaks are fledging their young and coming to feeders.

• Most warblers and other migrating songbirds have left the area.

• Lone mockingbirds can be heard singing, occasionally all night.

• Toward the end of the month, watch for increased activity at hummingbird feeder as hummingbirds that nested further north start migrating through.

• Rufous hummingbirds start visiting feeders the end of the month.

June 21 Full moon, Strawberry Moon