Nature Happenings: JUNE

• June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month
• Hummingbirds are attracted to the orange flowers of Trumpet Creeper vines when they bloom.
• Look for Teasel and Field Thistle blooming in open areas.
• 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.
• Eastern species (Cerulean Warbler; Scarlet Tanager) are breeding at their western limit in the Ouchita Mountains of eastern Oklahoma.
• Snapping Turtles emerge onto land to lay eggs.
• Drought conditions often prevail; a freshly-changed bird bath will draw in a variety of birds.
• Young raccoons emerge and venture out with their mothers.
• Bullfrogs begin calling.