Nature in Charlotte. A few seasonal things to notice around Charlotte's Piedmont woodlands, lakes, creeks, nature preserves, meadows, and open sky.

Look for this month · July

  1. Young birds and wildlifeShort flights or a young animal waiting near cover · Observed quietly from ordinary public paths
  2. Warm-season pollinatorsBees and butterflies moving between blooms · Sunny flowering gardens and meadow edges
  3. Summer native flowersTall flowers above warm-season greenery · Sunny meadows and woodland openings

Coming next month · August

  1. Warm-season pollinatorsBees and butterflies moving between blooms · Sunny flowering gardens and meadow edges
  2. Summer native flowersTall flowers above warm-season greenery · Sunny meadows and woodland openings
  3. Late-summer butterfliesButterflies pausing on open flower heads · Late flowers and sunny meadow edges

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