Preliminary List of 2007 Season Recoveries
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 12:43 pm by Monarch WatchFiled under Monarch Tagging | 2 Comments »
A preliminary list of Monarch Watch tags retrieved from Mexico last month is now available: 2007 Season Recoveries List The records are ordered by tag code so that you can easily look for tags you have used. We are in the process ...
Milkweed and Nectar Plant Phenology Project - Part 3
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm by Monarch WatchFiled under Phenology | 5 Comments »
The University of Kansas issued the following press release last week, calling for fellow Kansans to get involved in our recently announced phenology program. You don't have to live in Kansas to participate - we would like to encourage anyone and ...
How Does Your Garden Grow? - Part 2
Friday, April 11th, 2008 at 4:49 pm by ChipFiled under Degree Days | 1 Comment »
Last month ("How Does Your Garden Grow?") I outlined my intention to show you how to use our Monarch Watch Temperature Loggers to record the temperatures in your garden and how to use the data to determine the growing degree ...
2007 Season Tag Recoveries
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 at 5:30 pm by Monarch WatchFiled under Mexico, Monarch Tagging | No Comments »
Predicting the number of monarch tags recovered in Mexico each winter is a bit of a guessing game. If we hear of a winter storm causing a lot of mortality at the colonies, we can anticipate that many tags will ...
Butterfly on the Brink
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 at 10:22 am by Monarch WatchFiled under Monarch Conservation | No Comments »
The University of Kansas has just posted a feature entitled "Butterfly on the Brink" on their website, in conjunction with a news release. Both deal with conservation issues surrounding one of North America's most celebrated natural wonders - the monarch ...