1
Look for lizards basking in the sun

2
Chantrelle mushroom season

3


4


5
Winged Sumac blooming

6
Bluebirds could be starting third brood

7
Edible Bolete mushrooms sprout

8


9
Post-breeding dispersal of herons starting

10
Watch for hummingbirds feeding
on nectar of blooming Trumpet Creeper

11


12
Compass Plant blooming
along railroads and roadsides

13


14
First red leaves appear on Black Gums
and Virginia Creeper vines

15
Listen for the first Katydids of the season

16
Canada Goldenrod blooming

17


18
Blackberries! Chiggers!

19
Brown Recluse Spiders very conspicuous indoors . . .

20
. . . look for them at night near
crevices waiting patiently for passing prey

21
Purple Fringeless Orchid blooming

22
Blazing Star blooming

23
Screech Owls vocal

24
Look out for underground Yellowjacket
nests while mowing

25


26
Black Walnuts dropping first leaves

27
Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies arrive from the South

28
Cottonwood and Sycamore leaves turning yellow

29
Rattlesnake Plantain blooming

30
Late summer chorus of insects is almost deafening

31
Monarch Butterflies increasing


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INDEX OF NATURAL EVENTS

BIOGRAPHY OF TODD FINK

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NATURAL EVENTS CALENDAR
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