Give Goldfinches and Other Finches a Boost with Finch Blend
Most goldfinches wait until mid-to-late summer to breed and raise their families. This is also the time of year when natural resources such as native seeds and plant down are plentiful, a clever strategy these bright yellow beauties use to their advantage.
You can also give them a boost by offering WBU Finch Blend. It's packed with protein to help nesting goldfinches, and is attractive to other birds like House Finches, Pine Siskins and Purple Finches. Fill your feeders and watch these stunning birds flock to your yard!
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AUGUST NATURE HAPPENINGS
•As the amount of daylight decreases, migration sets into full swing.
•Visit Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania for the Fall raptor migration. Autumn Hawk watch begins this month, go to: https://www.hawkmountain.org/
•Peak migration for Barn Swallows.
•Flocks of nighthawks can be seen late in the month.
•Early warblers (Cape May, Tennessee, Magnolia, Blackburnian) migrate through the area.
•Purple Martins will begin gathering and roosting in trees and around water, preparing for their 5000 mile migration to Brazil this month. Don’t close the Purple Martin houses as juveniles are scouting nesting cavities for 2021.
•Chimney Swifts can be seen in large flocks over chimneys at dusk.
•American Goldfinches finish nesting late this month. Prepare for an abundance of Goldfinches towards the end of the month.
•Second brood of hummingbirds begins to appear at feeders early - to mid-month.
•Adult Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are putting on fat in preparation of migration.
•Hummingbird migration begins in Canada, mid-month. Get your feeders cleaned and filled for migrating visitors during the next several months.
•Month of the spider – their numbers and webs peak, as many reach maturity.
•Peak month for summer wildflowers to bloom: Asters, Thistle, Gentian, Sneezeweed and Lobelias are blooming.
•American Pokeweed berries are maturing. Their dark purplish berries are toxic to livestock and humans, but a favorite of birds.
•Squirrels give birth to their second brood.
•Missing bark on your trees? Deer are shedding the velvet off their antlers and rubbing their antlers on low branches.
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