Wild Birds Unlimited

 

Johnson City

Ithaca

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• July 3: New Moon, July 18: Full Moon
• July 9: The planet Jupiter is at its closest point to earth.
• July 28: Delta Aquarid meteor shower
• Blueberries ripen in early July.
• Raccoons, skunks and opossums are digging up and
eating turtle eggs.
• Yellow Warblers begin to migrate south and are gone by
August.
• First brood of immature hummingbirds begin to show up
at nectar feeders early in the month.
• Except for goldfinches and late bluebirds, bird breeding
and nesting season ends this month.
• Thistle plants begin to seed; goldfinches gather
thistledown for nesting material.
• Fall migration starts this month with shorebirds.
• Blackbirds begin to flock together.
• Katydids and Cicadas are in full chorus by mid-month.
• Listen for the feeding screeches of young Barred and
Great Horned Owls.
• Fawns begin traveling with adult females.
• Look for hummingbirds feeding on Trumpet Creeper and
Jewelweed flowers.