Another month, another calendar for wildlife happenings in good ol' North Carolina courtesy of Crash on NCHuntandFish.com as well as the NC Wildlife Federation. Without further ado, here we go:
September 1: Canada Goose season opens.
September 3: Dove season opens.
September 4: Copperheads give birth.
September 9: Wild muscadine grapes are ripe.
September 10: Peak flight periods for some common and uncommon butterflies, including Gulf fritillary; cloudless sulphur; little yellow; and Aaron's, Dion, and Yehl skippers.
September 12: Whip-poor-wills and chuckwill's widows are leaving.
September 14: September is an excellent butter fly month. Migrating monarchs can be particularly spectacular. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a good area for monarch watching, and Tunnel Gap at milepost 415.6 is an especially good spot. In the outer Coastal Plain, look for the queen a close relative of the monarch. Rare in our area, it breeds farther south but occasionally migrates northward along our coast.
September 21: Hawk migration peaks. Mahogany Rock in Doughton Park along the Blue Ridge Parkway is a particularly good spot to view thousands of broad-winged hawks as well as other species.
September 27: Most whitetail fawns have lost their spots.
September 28: Bog turtle nests have hatched.
September 29: Expect first frosts in the mountains. Carolina mantids are depositing their oothecae (egg clusters).
-C.B.
September 1: Canada Goose season opens.
September 3: Dove season opens.
September 4: Copperheads give birth.
September 9: Wild muscadine grapes are ripe.
September 10: Peak flight periods for some common and uncommon butterflies, including Gulf fritillary; cloudless sulphur; little yellow; and Aaron's, Dion, and Yehl skippers.
September 12: Whip-poor-wills and chuckwill's widows are leaving.
September 14: September is an excellent butter fly month. Migrating monarchs can be particularly spectacular. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a good area for monarch watching, and Tunnel Gap at milepost 415.6 is an especially good spot. In the outer Coastal Plain, look for the queen a close relative of the monarch. Rare in our area, it breeds farther south but occasionally migrates northward along our coast.
September 21: Hawk migration peaks. Mahogany Rock in Doughton Park along the Blue Ridge Parkway is a particularly good spot to view thousands of broad-winged hawks as well as other species.
September 27: Most whitetail fawns have lost their spots.
September 28: Bog turtle nests have hatched.
September 29: Expect first frosts in the mountains. Carolina mantids are depositing their oothecae (egg clusters).
-C.B.
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