Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day this month. Wildflowers still spectacular. June National Fishing Week. Tule elk are rubbing the velvet off their antlers. Shorebirds migrate north.
Hummingbirds migrate south.
July Tule elk rut begins. Habitat irrigations grow food for wintering animals. Fall shorebird migration begins south. Young birds fledge. Irrigated pastures attract ibis and long-billed curlews.