First brood of immature hummingbirds begin to show up at nectar feeders later in the month.
The full "Buck Moon" is July 13, 2022.
Delta Aquariids Meteor shower peaks July 18-29, 2022.
Beautiful Fairy-slipper Orchids can be found in moist, shaded forest in the Foothills region, there are over 24 native orchid species to be found in our province (www.northamericanorchidcenter.org).
Coots and their striped young thrive in the potholes of the Parklands.
Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump has an abundance yellow-bellied marmots, easily sighted.
The Franklin's Ground Squirrel or "bush gopher" is regularly seen in many of the Provincial Parks in the eastern part of the Parklands.
The carnivorous Northern Pitcher plant grows in wet bogs in the Cold Lake area.
Rocky Mountain Goats move down in summer to visit mineral licks along the Columbia Icefields Parkway.
Fireflies are visible on hot nights over fescue grasslands in the Cypress Hills.
By early July, bighorn sheep rams, barren females, and juveniles in Banff National Park have moved to their summer range.
Beginning in late July and lasting several weeks, Common Loons will begin congregating on Muriel Lake. Flocks of over 100 should be visible and numerous.
In early July, White-tailed Ptarmigan can be seen above the tree line at Wilcox Pass.
By late July, leopard frog tadpoles begin their transformation into adults.
On hot summer days, the buzzy trill coming from the trees above is the call of the male cicada, a tree-dwelling insect. Alberta is home to seven species of cicada.