What to Look & Listen for at the Conservancy in July

Here are the birds, animals, and plants to look out for when you visit Pheasant Branch Conservancy in July.

A milkweed plant in the prairie at Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Middleton Wisconsin in the summer
Photo: Brigette Boucher

Pheasant Branch Conservancy is home to an amazing assortment of plants and wildlife all year long. Here are the birds, animals, and plants to look out for when you visit Pheasant Branch Conservancy in July.

Birds

  • Fall shorebird migration begins
  • Sandhill crane chicks learning to fly
  • Purple martins flocking

Other Animals

  • Mourning cloak butterflies
  • Painted Lady butterflies
  • Fritillary butterflies
  • Painted turtles hatching
  • Deer antlers near peak size

Trees, Grasses & Flowers

  • Yellow coneflower
  • Round-headed bush clover
  • White prairie clover
  • Queen-of-the-prairie
  • Mountain mint
  • Purple coneflower
  • Canada goldenrod
  • Culver’s root
  • Purple loosestrife
  • Cup plant
  • Wild bergamot
  • Purple prairie clover
  • Whorled milkweed
  • Prairie dock
  • Evening primrose
  • Turk’s Cap lily
  • Ironweed
  • Joe-Pye weed
  • Nodding wild onion
  • Boneset
  • Big bluestem
  • Spotted jewelweed
  • Rough blazing star
  • Common spiderwort (seeds)
  • Shooting star (seeds)

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Meteorological Data

  • Average temperature (high/low): 82°F/63°F
  • Average precipitation (rain): 3.6”
  • Average hours of daylight: 15.0
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