Nature Happenings

  • August can be the hottest month inland, and it can be a month of foggy and overcast days along the coast.
  • Most landscape trees need a deep watering this month.
  • Flame Eucalyptus and Mimosa Trees flower this month.
  • Month of the spider: their numbers and webs reach their peak this month.
  • This is the peak month for summer wildflowers to bloom.
  • Shorebird migration builds and waterfowl migration starts.
  • Monarch butterfly migration begins.
  • Squirrel young are weaned.
  • Hawk migration begins. Visit Hawk Hill in Marin County, the best viewing spot on the west coast.
  • American Goldfinches finish nesting late this month.
  • Final brood of hummingbirds begin to appear at feeders.
  • Perseids Meteor shower is mid-month.