• Peak month for summer wildflowers to bloom. • Flocks of nighthawks can be seen late in the month. • Shorebird migration builds and waterfowl migration starts. • Monarch Butterfly migration begins. • Early warblers (Cape May, Tennessee, Magnolia, Blackburnian) migrate through the area. • Osprey and raptor migration begins. • American Goldfinches finish nesting late this month. • Second brood of hummingbirds begin to appear at feeders early- to mid-month. • Asters and Lobelias start blooming. • Perseids Meteor shower is mid-month.
