🧚♂️Hummingbird Moths, often mistaken for "baby hummingbirds," show up at plants. They are unbelievably cool! 🐣You will continue to see fledglings and baby birds GALORE as mom and dad show their young where those reliable food sources are in your yards. 🪟 WINDOW STRIKES can be HIGH during this time with immature birds trying to learn the landscape. Please take precautions to prevent strikes- Come visit us for more information! 🌳Highbush Cranberry and Viburnum start producing fruit and will continue until December. 😁First brood of immature hummingbirds begin to show up at nectar feeders early in the month!!!!!!! 🪳Cicadas start calling early in the month. 🎋Thistle plants begin to seed; goldfinches gather thistledown for nesting material. 💥🪐Delta Aquarids Meteor shower peaks in late-July. ☀️It is HOT, HOT, HOT in July, so have those bird baths out! In months like July, water can be a larger attractant for birds than food! 🦢 Although it feels like summer just started, some species of shorebirds already start to migrate!!
We hope you enjoy the wonders and miracles of nature that July has to offer! Happy Birding!
