-
Carolina wrens begin nesting - hang a gourd or open basket under your eaves.
- Swallow-tailed kites
return to Florida from South American wintering areas.
- Frogs and toads move to ponds, streams and ditches to
breed following rains.
- Lake Kissimmee shellcrackers bed on the full moon.
- First
mangrove cuckoos return to the Keys.
- Listen for newly returned
Chuck-will's-widows calling after sunset.
- Bromeliads start to flower in south Florida swamps.
-
Great blue herons may be seen on their nests.
-
Largemouth bass start to bed in north Florida;
redear
sunfish begin bedding in central Florida.
- Last chance until next winter to see
manatees congregating at warm water
sites.
- Migrating songbirds, in full breeding plumage,
arrive in waves each week.
- Wood storks in central Florida begin courtship and
nesting.
- Scrub-jays begin to mate and build nests in scrub
oaks.
- Wild turkey and quail begin breeding in central and
north Florida.
- Endangered gray bats return to Florida caves to
raise young.
- Ghost crabs come out of hibernation.
- Cow-nosed rays move north along the Atlantic coast.
-
White bass run up the Ochlockonee River above Lake
Talquin.
- Snakes and other reptiles are more active and
likely to be seen in yards and gardens.
- Pine Barrens tree frogs start calling.
- Tree frogs lay eggs now through August. Tadpoles
hatch out in about 5 days.
- Chickasaw plum and crabapples bloom in north
Florida.
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Florida
Wildlife Calendar
