On February 7, the city council of Pacific Grove passed the tagging of monarch butterflies on the consent agenda. In addition to the Pacific Grove Monarch...
During the past 4-5 weeks I have visited several overwintering sites between Ventura and the East San Francisco Bay Area. Overall, my impressions are that the...
"This is good news for Dr. David James in Prosser, Washington who has been hoping to capture wild monarch adults that reach Washington in late spring in order...
Stan Gorodenski
stan_gorodenski@...
Feb 13, 2007 9:50 pm
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Simple answer Stan..... there are just so few Washington State-grown Monarchs in a typical year, that it would be very difficult to tag the kind of numbers...
... David, in the 1950's, 60's and 70's monarchs were abundant in northern Oregon and Washington almost every summer. I know this first hand because my...
Helen Johnson is offering 2-set DVD's of the Western Monarch Symposiums for the last 2 years. The first, entitled "Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly -...
Does anyone know of monarchs using the eucalyptus grove in Pescadero on Old Stage Road? It's not in the Natural Diversity Database, but a colleague who works...
... There aren't any true overwintering sites along the entire San Mateo coastline in spite of the great abundance of potentially suitable groves of cluster...
This morning I read in the Sunday newspaper about, I believe, roads being closed in some Asian country to help a butterfly that feeds on milkweed. I cannot...
Stan Gorodenski
stan_gorodenski@...
Mar 25, 2007 9:56 pm
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It's autumn now in New Zealand and the monarchs can be found clustering in urban type overwintering sites similar to those along parts of the California coast:...
Today on DesertLeps@yahoogroups.com Ken Davenport, one of the Southwest's most knowledgable and experienced lepidopterists, reported seeing monarchs at: ...
thanks for making sure I saw this...forwarded to brother who lives in Flagstaff but works throughout SW, designer outside of Tucson and park ranger in Sierra...
muirmia@...
Jul 11, 2007 4:18 am
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Hi all, Well, I've been waiting awhile to respond to Paul's post a week or so ago (see below). Paul and I have had a friendly debate going for quite some time...
... Chris, I think the reason you have only found caterpillars in AZ on one occassion prior to August is because the land mass of Arizona occupies 114,000...
I am watching some Monarch eggs that were laid on July 15 in the Okanagan valley, BC, Canada. Is it possible to get tags so that I can tag them for their...
Is there a tagging program that covers that area? chris osmia_lignaria <osmia_lignaria@...> wrote: I am watching some Monarch eggs that were laid on July...
This is to announce VWS' new monarch-specific web page at http://www.ventanaws.org/conservation/monarchs.htm. Check here for background, updated Monterey...
good news... unfortunately, still no luck getting data from Dennis...have put together a package for someone else to assemble database so we have good start...
muirmia@...
Jul 21, 2007 3:04 pm
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Hi all, Just got a "letter" from one of my milkweed watchers (he's one of the last hold-outs for getting Internet!). He sent me a picture of a monarch...
Hi all, Wanted to let everyone know about the tagging event schedule for the coming months. I am real fortunate to have some folks helping with the tagging...
I'd love to get you California folks looking for my tagged monarchs at your overwintering sites. Is this the correct audience to be hitting up for that?...
Great idea Mia- let's start planning our count workshop now. karen ... From: muirmia@... To: western_monarchs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 21,...
Chris, Did you ever read about the 500-600 fall migrant monarchs sighted by Gary Nabhan over a 4 day period (Sept. 16-19, 1996) at and near the confluence of...
... You might try contacting Don Davis in Toronto Donald Davis <donald_davis@...> If that fails then I could show you how to make your own tags out of...
Hi Chris, This list is as good a place as any to talk about tagging! We always check for tags as we do our overwintering site counts each week (November-early...
On July 20-22 I visited several monarch breeding habitats on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Here is a relief map showing the...
Hi Jessica, et al, My tags are pretty much the same design as Monarch Watch. 5/16" diameter circle, stuck to the discal cell of the lower hindwing. I don't...
Yesterday on my way back from breakfast to my place in Dewey, Az, off the corner of my eye I caught something disappearing over my windshield that appeared to...
Stan Gorodenski
stan_gorodenski@...
Jul 31, 2007 8:09 pm
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So far the monarch breeding population in the interior valleys and mountains of California is doing significantly better than last year and field reports from...
