What is the Thunderstorm Moon & a Coloring Page
Many people call July’s full moon the Buck Moon because that’s the name that the Farmers’ Almanac has chosen, but the names found among sources (both Native American and European) are all over the place. There is no tribal citation for buck moon and I have not found any traditional sources for it. It refers to buck's growing their antlers in which is maybe a thing you notice this time of year, but I can't say I ever have, Of course, there are all kinds of different things happening in nature depending on where you live. Still, if a theme can be found among many July moon names, it’s probably berries, not bucks: Berry Moon from the Anishinaabe, Moon When the Chokecherries Are Ripe Moon from the Lakota and Arapaho, Red Berries…
