Phenology Calendar for August

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Second Week of August

Sulphur shelf mushrooms, or chicken of the woods, are often fruiting now. They may do this quite a bit earlier or quite a bit later.

Hermit thrushes are late nesters and might still be singing their beautiful songs. Most other birds have stopped singing by now.

Large white pine sawyer beetles can be seen at dusk following the smell of freshly cut wood.

Goldenrods are lighting up the landscape and providing both pollen and nectar to many species of bees. Source: Virginia Barlow