July Nature Happenings

• NABA National Butterfly count. - https://naba.org/butter_counts.html
• First brood of immature hummingbirds begin to show up at nectar feeders early in the month.

• https://indianaaudubon.org/event/indiana-audubon-hummingbird-migration-celebration/- July 31st, 2021

• Except for goldfinches and late bluebirds, bird breeding and nesting season ends this month.
• Thistle plants begin to seed; goldfinches gather thistledown for nesting material.
• Mallards and Wood Ducks molt into "eclipse" plumage and are unable to fly for several weeks.

• Listen for the feeding screeches of young Barred and Great Horned Owls. - Barred_Owl/sounds & great_horned_owl sounds - Cornell Labs of Ornithology- allaboutbirds.org
• Delta Aquarids Meteor shower peaks in late-July. - Everything-you-need-to-know-delta-aquarid-meteor-shower/