Happening in Nature - June

• Sharp-Shinned Hawk eggs hatch this month! Hawk fledglings make their first flights after
23 – 27 days.

• Purple Martin young fledge 28 – 35 days after hatching. Watch for fledglings learning how
to fly!

• Many loons lay two eggs during the last week of June.

• Looking for Harlequin Ducks? These ducks build nests along fast flowing streams and then
incubate their eggs for 28 – 29 days.

• Western Tanagers nest mid-month.

• Little Brown and Hoary Bats give birth to their young.

• Blooms for this month are: Diminutive Daylilies, Bearded Iris in bloom, and the striking
orange Columbia Lily.

• Keep an eye out for young chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers as the young will follow their
parents to feders!

• Thimbleberry ripens and packs a lot of raspberry flavor into a soft cuplike fruit. Tasty!

• The European forest plant, Wall Lettuce, blooms and releases its tiny parachutes.

• June marks the end of bird migration. All the birds currently will be summer residents that
nest here!

Nature Events

• June is the Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month.