Nature Happenings

  • Loon chicks begin to dive for their own food.
  • Gray Jays (aka Whiskey Jacks) are common at campsites where they are fearless.
  • Bats begin mating in mid-August.
  • American Widgeon and Surf Scoters arrive this month.
  • Black-headed Grosbeaks, the earliest fall transient, depart, followed by the Bullock’s Oriole.
  • Goldfinches nesting.
  • Steller's Jays and squirrels fight over green hazelnuts.
  • Douglas Squirrels drop fir cones to stash for winter.
  • Rufous Hummingbirds depart the lowlands and begin their migration to Mexico.
  • Yellow-bellied Marmots and Beldings Ground Squirrels begin their long winter hibernation.
  • Flocks of Vaux’s Swifts migrate through. Watch them dive into chimneys to roost in the evening.
  • Keep hummingbird feeders full. Rufous Hummingbirds will almost double their weight before migrating.
  • Perseids Meteor shower is mid-month.