Nature Happenings

• Bison mating season.
• Peak of insect activity. Look out for Yellow-jackets at your hummingbird feeders.
• Wild rice ripening in the north.
• Round-headed Bush-clover, Asters, Ragweed, Burdocks and Rattlesnake Master in flower.
• Winged ants disperse.
• Hummingbird numbers increase as migrants arrive from the north.
• Sumac and Red Maple leaves begin to redden.
• Monarch Butterflies begin their migration to Mexico.
• Purple Martins, House Wrens, Indigo Buntings, Field Sparrows and Baltimore Orioles are migrating south.
• Goldenrods and Mullein are blooming.
• "Fish Fly" Midges emerge in the evening.
• Perseids Meteor shower is mid-month.