Nature Happenings

• June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month
• Watch for all birds feeding their young. Baby birds, almost as big as their parents, are seen relentlessly begging for food.
• Young raptors are flying.
• Phainopeplas move from the desert to the coast for a second nesting.
• House Finch young can be seen at feeders. You may need to add millet to your regular mix for June and July.
• Hummingbirds continue to nest.
• Orioles and grosbeaks are fledging their young and coming to feeders.
• Most warblers and other migrating songbirds have left the area.
• Adult Heermann's Gulls complete their migration, arriving from Mexico.
• Least Terns are fledging their young.
• Lone mockingbirds can be heard singing, occasionally all night.