• June 12: New Moon, June 26: Full Moon

• June 14 - 16: Lyrids meteor shower

• June 21: Summer solstice - the sun is at its highest point in the sky. It's the longest day of the year and the first day of summer.

• June 26: National Wildlife Federation's The GREAT AMERICAN BACKYARD CAMPOUT™

• June is Perennial Garden Month & National Rivers Month

• Hummingbirds are attracted to the orange flowers of Trumpet Creeper vines when they bloom.

• Look for Teasel and Field Thistle blooming in open areas.

• Bird migration is finished. Birds that are here now are summer residents that nest.

• As the month progresses, feeders can become busy with visiting parents and fledglings.

• House Wrens are nesting in the northern part of region.

• Eastern species (Cerulean Warbler; Scarlet Tanager) are breeding at their western limit in the Ouchita Mountains of eastern Oklahoma.

• Snapping Turtles emerge onto land to lay eggs.

• Young raccoons emerge and venture out with their mothers.

• Bullfrogs begin calling.