What to Look & Listen for at the Conservancy in June

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

Fawn standing in tall grass

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 June.

Birds

  • Ring-necked pheasant broods
  • Blue-winged teals hatching

Other Animals

  • Orange butterflies
  • Clouded sulphur butterflies
  • White-tailed deer newborns
  • Painted turtles laying eggs
  • Fireflies
  • Cicadas
  • Crickets

Trees, Grasses & Flowers

  • Slender penstemon
  • Yellow hawkweed
  • Black-eyed Susan
  • Daisy fleabane
  • Roses
  • Baptista
  • Wild quinine
  • Yarrow
  • Harebell
  • Indian paintbrush
  • Wild parsnip
  • Flowering sage
  • Butterfly weed
  • St. John’s wort
  • Compass plant
  • Hoary vervain
  • Common milkweed
  • Butter-and-eggs
  • Lead plant
  • Rattlesnake master
  • Cottonwood
  • Prairie smoke (seeds)
  • Wild lupine (seeds)
  • Wild columbine (seeds)

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Meteorological Data

  • Average temperature (high/low): 78°F/58°F
  • Average precipitation (rain): 4.2”
  • Average hours of daylight: 15.3
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