Nature Happenings

• June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month
• Bird migration is finished. Birds that are here now are summer residents that nest.
• As the month progresses, feeders can become busy with visiting parents and fledglings.
• House Wrens are nesting in the northern part of region.
• Keep your feeders and bird baths clean and your seed fresh.
• Wood Duck and Mallard ducklings hatch and venture forth early in the month.
• Canada Geese begin molting.
• Fawns continue to be born through mid-month.
• Bats give birth.
• Young woodchucks and raccoons emerge and venture out with their mothers.
• Bullfrogs begin calling.
• Crickets begin nightly serenade.

And From Our Friends at UF IFAS

Birds
• Brown pelican and white ibis young are now visible in nests.
• Painted Buntings nest through summer in northeast Florida.
• It's breeding season for laughing gulls, least terns, oystercatchers, and black skimmers. They nest on spoil islands, undisturbed beaches, and even rooftops when their preferred habitat is    unavailable.
• Mockingbirds may attack pedestrians who wander too close to nesting sites
 

Mammals
• The Southern Flying Squirrel is starting its breeding season.
• Red bats and Seminole bats give birth.

Reptiles
• It's the height of the Gopher Tortoise breeding season.

Insects
• Cicadas emerge from their underground growth period to begin making their classic summer sound.

Fish
• Snook begin moving into inlets and passes
• Migrating tarpon can be found almost anywhere in the Keys

Plants
• Tarflowers bloom in flatwoods