Nature Happenings

  • Loon chicks begin to dive for their own food.

  • Gray Jays (aka Whiskey Jacks) are common at campsites where they are fearless.

  • Bats begin mating in mid-August.

  • American Widgeon and Surf Scoters arrive this month.

  • Black-headed Grosbeaks, the earliest fall transient, depart, followed by the Bullock’s Oriole.

  • Goldfinches nesting.

  • Steller's Jays and squirrels fight over green hazelnuts.

  • Douglas Squirrels drop fir cones to stash for winter.

  • Rufous Hummingbirds depart the lowlands and begin their migration to Mexico.

  • Yellow-bellied Marmots and Beldings Ground Squirrels begin their long winter hibernation.

  • Flocks of Vaux’s Swifts migrate through. Watch them dive into chimneys to roost in the evening.

  • Keep hummingbird feeders full. Rufous Hummingbirds will almost double their weight before migrating.

  • Perseids Meteor shower is mid-month.

 Loon with chick

 Gray Jay

 Bat colony

 Surf Scoter

 American Goldfinch with nest & hatchlings

 Green Hazelnuts

 Douglas squirrel with fir cone

 Rufous Hummingbird

 Yellow-bellied Marmot

 Belding Ground Squirrel

 Vaux's Swifts

 Rufous Hummingbird at High Perch Feeder

 Perseids Meteor Shower