... Cherubini followup: No, Chip, I am not making that case because I have never witnessed or heard of eastern monarchs declining in abundance during or...
Hi, Don Davis: I couldn't make the "finger" touch on my computer the Santa Monica Article,so I had to GOOGLE it. Thank you so much for forwarding it. I...
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Is this Santa Monica in California, or is it another one? Wonderful news about what this Boy Scout has achieved, but they've got it wrong about the Californian...
Hi, Jacqui: So what else is NEW???? I saw the error, but dismissed it as the USUAL Californian News Reporter misinformation. Helen ... From: Jacqui Knight To:...
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Ah well... I have posted a comment on the site and hope they will publish it, and maybe someone will read the comment as well as the article on line. It is...
Hello Folks; Please consider sending a letter to your representative about the proposed closure of the central coast state parks. Included in this proposal is...
Thanx, Pete: I sent in my protest!!! Helen Johnson ... From: Pete Michel To: hjohnson1952@... Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 2:46 PM Subject: FW: All...
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Thanx, Leslie: Wanted to share a picture of the house built by Steve Smith in 5 years with blueprints from the late 1800's(husband of Edith Smith of Shady Oaks...
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... Actually, all of the analyses we've been conducting show population declines with higher temps - even in the west. However, we can not say whether these...
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I previously posted this photo http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/rbg.jpg of a plump, full grown monarch caterpillar that had survived 9...
Paul: Again, you are making a case for high heat tolerance by western monarchs. As I've said before, such results have to be the result of either thermal...
Chip Taylor
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... Chip, I'm not aware of any case history evidence that shows heat and drought influence monarch numbers in any substantial, consistent and predictable...
One glaring typo in my last post: "the numbers of monarchs at the overwintering sites along the California coast in late Nov. 2008 were up about 45% on the ...
When the overwintered monarchs fly inland from the California coast in March and April they lay eggs which gives rise to a new generation of adults that...
What happens to the monarchs between the coastal overwintering sites and these areas around Sacramento? Numbers were up this year, so where did they go? Is...
Gail Morris
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I recently had my home "registered" with these guys for $15. they outsource this to a company based in the Netherlands. For which they Charged my credit...
My report yesturday about the very low late spring breeding population may have been overly pessimistic because today I saw my first new generation monarch...
I accidentally used a 2006 photo in my recent post when I intended to post a 1974 photo. Here's the correct 1974 photo I should have referred to in the...
Thanks, Paul, for your reply. Of course, another question. You mentioned that you thought that the monarchs were having a difficult time finding the...
Gail Morris
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Hey, George McRae: Did you fail to add an enclosure, as I don't know know WHO registered your house for 45 cents, as that is only 1 cent more than a postage...
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... I was refering to the Asclepias fasicularis milkweed that used to be common along farm roads, railway lines and crop margins in the inland valleys of...
In Australia and New Zealand, Canon is holding a photograph contest. It is unlikely we would win, but we see the contest as being an opportunity to publicise...
maybe we'll all here reports soon from Art Shapiro who checks sites throughout CA for butterflies and is a good predictor of the upcoming season...I'll be...
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Hi Helen, the web site "monarch watch" out of U. Kansas etc, has this "way station" project. For $15 and a questionnaire, you get added to their listings of...
To add to the discussion, I traveled to the Sierra foothills two weeks ago through the agricultural corridor from Eastern Contra Costa county, San Joaquin...
Greetings all: Rest assured, Monarch Watch is not involved in any fraud or scam. :-) Monarch Watch does not outsource the processing of Monarch Waystation ...
Chip Taylor
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Jun 9, 2009 4:34 pm
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Thanks Chip for your response! It's not the 45 cents as I mentioned several times, but the principal. And if Monarch watch was aware of this, as you apparently...