August Nature Happenings
- Wild Turkeys can be seen with their young.
- Purple Martins and other swallows begin congregating at staging grounds before heading south. Purple Martin southward migration is completed by end of month.
- Baltimore Orioles are gone by the end of the month.
- Male Little and Big Brown Bats start to spend part of the night in winter hibernation sites in early August.
- Eastern Monarch Butterflies lay eggs.
- Ruby-throated Hummingbirds migrate through Southern Ontario through mid-August.
- Shorebird migration builds and waterfowl migration starts.
- Early warblers (Cape May, Tennessee, Magnolia, Blackburnian) migrate through the area.
- Broad-winged Hawk migration starts. Did you know, groups of hawks are also known as kettles?
- American Goldfinches finish nesting late in the month.
- Hummingbird migration peaks late this month.
- Flocks of Common Nighthawks can be seen late in the month.