Nature Happenings
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June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month
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Sharp-Shinned Hawk eggs hatch and fledglings make their first flights after 23 – 27 days.
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Purple Martin young fledge 28 – 35 days after hatching.
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Many loons lay two eggs during the last week of June.
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The Harlequin Ducks build nests along fast flowing streams, then incubate their eggs for 28 – 29 days.
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Western Tanagers nest mid-month.
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Little Brown and Hoary Bats give birth to their young.
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Diminutive Daylilies and Bearded Iris in bloom.
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The striking orange Columbia Lily blooms.
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Young chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers follow their parents to suet feeders.
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Thimbleberry ripens and packs a lot of raspberry flavor into a soft cuplike fruit.
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The European forest plant, Wall Lettuce, blooms and releases its tiny parachutes.
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Bird migration is finished. Birds that are here now are summer residents that nest.
Purple Martin Fledglings
Common Loon on nest
Western Tanager - Female
Thimbleberry
