It's Hot!
With August just around the corner, it is dryer and warmer now than any other time of the year. This means more than just sun bleached lawns. We notice decreased bird activity, less flowers, and frizzled herbaceous plants. Some trees, particularly alders, drop leaves to reduce transpiration. But life persists, and flourishes if you know where to look. Turn over a log or rock, and all manner of beetle and bug scurry for cover. Moths, butterflies and other flying insect populations seem to be peaking. And don't miss the dragonflies. This time of year they range far from the wetlands. What I find exciting about the rotation of the seasons is the rolling abundance of a progression of species. Now is the time to snag some insect observations. The spiders of August are neigh upon us.
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