AUGUST

MAMMALS

Badgers begin to mate.

Baby bats begin to fly.

Cave dwelling bats begin to mate.

Male antlered animals begin to rub the velvet from their antlers.

Thirteen lined ground squirrels begin to gorge.

Black bears begin to mate.

BIRDS

Purple Martins Congregate

Shorebird begin migration.

Goldfinchs start to nest.

Backyard birds molt.

WILDFLOWERS IN BLOOM

Common milkweed

Asters

Sunflowers

Primrose

Prairie Dock

Goldenrod

Pitcher Sage

Jewelweed

MISCELLANEOUS

Copperheads babies are seen.

Snapping turtles hatch.

Salamander juveniles transform to adults.