1
Tulip Poplar leaves yellowing

2
Annual Cicadas signal that school starts soon

3
Second brood of Giant Swallowtails
flying until October

4
Fence Lizards hatch

5
Purple Martins staging

6
Swamp Milkweed in bloom in ditches

7
Difficult to find breeding warblers in Southern Illinois
starting to migrate

8
Big Bluestem blooming

9
Male Indigo Buntings lose bright blue color
as they acquire drab winter plumage

10
Hummingbirds increase at feeders
as immatures join the adults

11


12
Indian Grass blooming

13


14
Ticks declining

15
Neotropical migrant songbirds make stopover
in Southern Illinois . . .

16
. . . on way to Central and South America

17
Spider Lily blooming in swampy woodlands

18
Listen for squirrels cutting nuts,
Three Birds Orchids blooming

19
Missouri Ironweed in bloom

20
Fall Web Worms at work

21
Birdbaths get lots of use; keep clean water available

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25
Listen for Eastern Screech Owls

26
Mist flower in bloom

27
Watch for flocks of up to 100 migrating Nighthawks

28


29
Peak of shorebird migration

30
Tickseed sunflowers bloom attracting butterflies

31
Desmodium or Beggar's Lice in Bloom

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INDEX OF NATURAL EVENTS

BIOGRAPHY OF TODD FINK

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NATURAL EVENTS CALENDAR
Copyright © 1995 SINEC
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DRAWINGS BY MARY AVERY

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