Nature Happenings
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Loon chicks begin to dive for their own food.
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Gray Jays (aka Whiskey Jacks) are common at campsites where they are fearless.
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Bats begin mating in mid-August.
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American Widgeon and Surf Scoters arrive this month.
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Black-headed Grosbeaks, the earliest fall transient, depart, followed by the Bullock’s Oriole.
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Goldfinches nesting.
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Steller's Jays and squirrels fight over green hazelnuts.
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Douglas Squirrels drop fir cones to stash for winter.
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Rufous Hummingbirds depart the lowlands and begin their migration to Mexico.
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Yellow-bellied Marmots and Beldings Ground Squirrels begin their long winter hibernation.
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Flocks of Vaux’s Swifts migrate through. Watch them dive into chimneys to roost in the evening.
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Keep hummingbird feeders full. Rufous Hummingbirds will almost double their weight before migrating.
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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