August Nature / Fun Happenings
- August is National Water Quality, National Dog, Immunization Awareness, Get Ready for Kindergarten, International Pirate and Win with Civility Month
- Aug 4: New Moon, Aug 12: First Quarter Moon, Aug 19: Full Moon, Aug 26: Last Quarter Moon
- Aug 1-7: Simplify Your Life and International Clown Week
- Aug 1-3: Tall Timbers Days
- Aug 3-9: National Farmers Market Week
- Aug 8-16: Elvis Week
- Aug 9-13: Perseids Meteor shower peak
- Aug 13-24: Little League World Series
- Aug 17-23: National Aviation Week
- Aug 25-29: Be Safe at Home Week
- Aug 25-31: Be Kind to Humankind Week
- Aug. 30-31: International Bat Nights
- Aug 1: Air Force Day and International Beer Day
- Aug 2: Sleep Under the Stars Night
- Aug 3: Watermelon Day
- Aug 4: Friendship American Family and White Wine Day
- Aug 4: Coast Guard and National Chocolate Chip Day
- Aug 5: Dolly Parton Day
- Aug 6: Hiroshima Day
- Aug 7: National Lighthouse Day
- Aug 8: International Cat Day
- Aug 10: S'mores and Paul Bunyon Day
- Aug 12: World Elephant and Vinyl Record Day
- Aug 14: VJ Day
- Aug 15: Best Friends Day
- Aug 15: National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence
- Aug 16: Migratory Bird Treaty Signed 109 Years Ago
- Aug 16: National Honeybee Day
- Aug 21: Senior Citizens Day
- Aug 26: National Dog Day
- Aug 28: WBU Canton Store Owners Birthday
- Aug 30: Toasted Marshmallow and Beach Day.
- Aug 30: International Bacon Day
- Wild Turkeys can be seen with their young.
- Purple Martins and other swallows begin congregating at staging grounds before heading south.
- Purple Martin southward migration is completed by end of month.
- Orioles are gone by the end of the month.
- Male Little and Big Brown Bats start to spend part of the night in winter hibernation sites in early August.
- Eastern Monarch Butterflies lay eggs.
- Ruby-throated Hummingbirds migrate through Southern Ontario