Wednesday, September 24, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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  • FIVE KEY CONCEPTS TO CREATE A WILDLIFE-FRIENLY YARD (click HERE)
  • MONARCH WAYSTATION NO. 613- KATYDID IS MASTER OF DISGUISE! (click HERE)
  • ENDANGERED MONARCH BUTTERFLY IS CANARY IN THE COAL MINE (click HERE)
  • CATERPILLARS AND THEIR HOST PLANTS (click HERE)
  • MONARCH CATERPILLAR KILLED BY TACHNID FLY (click HERE)
  • MONARCH WAYSTATION NO. 613- MONARCHS BACK IN NW OHIO! (click HERE)
  • RAISING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AT WAYSTATION NO. 613 (click HERE)
  • MONARCH BUTTERFLY POPULATION TOOK A HIT! (click HERE)
  • CANADIAN PETROPHILA MOTH COMMON ALONG SANDUSKY RIVER (click HERE)
  • MONARCH BUTTERFLIES LAYING EGGS EARLY IN NW OHIO (click HERE)
  • NEW OHIO BIRD BOOKSTORE SPECIALIZES IN OHIO BIRDS (click HERE)
  • INTRODUCE CHILDREN BACK TO NATURE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD (Click HERE)
  • LEARN HOW TO CREATE A BUTTERFLY GARDEN! (Click HERE)
  • MONARCH WAYSTATION NO. 613 READY TO BEGIN NEW RESEARCH (Click HERE)
  • FIGHT NATURE DEFICIT-DISORDER- INTRODUCE YOUR KIDS TO THE OUTDOORS! (click HERE)
  • BALD EAGLE DOES THE BREAST STROKE (click HERE)
  • VICEROY BUTTERFLY NOT A MIMIC OF MONARCH (click HERE)
  • WONDERFUL CHILDREN'S BOOKS ON MONARCH BUTTERFLIES! (click HERE)
  • (A-74) MONARCH SEASON OVER AT WAYSTATION #613 (click HERE)
  • (A-73) MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ON EXUMA ISLAND, BAHAMAS (click HERE)
  • (A-72) SAVE A CHILD FROM NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER (click HERE)
  • (A-71) COMMUNITY WILDLIFE HABITAT IN LAKE NORMAN (click HERE)
  • (A-70) MY LAST MONARCH BUTTERFLY AT WAYSTATION #613 (click HERE)
  • (A-69) MONARCH WAYSTATIONS AMPLIFY BIODIVERSITY & COUNTER URBAN SPRAWL (click HERE)
  • (A-68) THE WOMAN WHO RAISES MONARCH BUTTERFLIES (click HERE)
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  • (A-57) MONARCHS VACANT AT CREEKBEND FARM PRAIRIE IN NW OHIO (click HERE)
  • (A-56) MONARCHS LAYING EGGS GALORE IN NW OHIO! (click HERE)
  • (A-55) CEDAR WAXWING MALES FEED FEMALES (click HERE)
  • (A-53) MONARCH POPULATION OVERWINTERING IN MEXICO REMAINS LOW (click HERE)
  • (A-52) BIRDS PREFER OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS WITH MATURE TREES (click HERE)
  • (A-51) BACKYARD GARDENS FOR WILDLIFE (click HERE)
  • (A-50) BIRD SONG SURVEY- WHAT ARE YOUR TOP TWO FAVORITE BIRD SONGS? (click HERE)
  • (A-49) IDENTIFY BIRDS ONLINE- 6 GREAT WEBSITES (click HERE)
  • (A-48) BENEFICIAL INSECTS SUFFER CATASTROPHIC HABITAT LOSS (click HERE)
  • (A-47) MONARCH WAYSTATION #613 IN NW OHIO (click HERE)
  • (A-46) DR. RYAN NORRIS OF MONARCH MIGRATION RESEARCH (click HERE)
  • (A-44) MONARCHS CROSS APPALACHIANS FROM WEST TO POPULATE N. AMERICAN EAST COAST (click HERE)
  • (A-43) CRITICAL TOXINS EMISSIONS OHIO EPA HEARING THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11th IN COLUMBUS, OHIO (click HERE)
  • (A-42) BACK TO THE WILD! SAVES THOUSANDS OF BIRDS (click HERE)
  • (A-41) ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS HARM OUR CHILDREN (click HERE)
  • (A-40) CREATE WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY SPACES IN YOUR YARD (click HERE)
  • (A-39) INJURED HUMMINGBIRD BABY NURTURED BACK TO GOOD HEALTH (click HERE)

  • (A-38) NATURE JOURNAL: CAVITY TREES PROVIDE MINI-SANCTUARIES TO WILDLIFE (click HERE)
  • (A-37) ARE SHREWS KILLING BIRDS VISITING YOUR FEEDERS? (click HERE)
  • (A-36) BALD EAGLES & WINTER BIRDS SURVIVE (click HERE) (A-35) COOPER'S HAWK KILLS AT BIRD FEEDERS (click HERE)(A-34) BIRD & BUTTERFLIES ADD EXCITEMENT TO YOUR YARD (click HERE)(A-33) BACKYARD WILDLIFE PROVIDE WINTER ENTERTAINMENT IN NW OHIO (click HERE) (A-32) BIODIVERSITY ENHANCED WITH NATURE PRESERVES (click HERE)(A-30) GOD SPEAKS ABOUT WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY YARDS (click HERE)(A-29) BUTTERFLY HUNT! SPONSORED BY ERIE METROPARKS AT STEINEN WILDLIFE AREA (click HERE)(A-28) STALKING THE LAKESIDE DAISY- OHIO'S RAREST NATIVE PLANT (click HERE)
  • (A-27) MONARCH BUTTERFLY AWARENESS HAPPENS WITH DANA BOLIN AT MAUMEE BAY STATE PARK (click HERE)
  • (A-26) MONARCH WAYSTATION # 613- MONARCH OBSERVATIONS WAY DOWN IN NW OHIO FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR (click HERE)
  • (A-25) STARLINGS PERFORM INCREDIBLE AERODYNAMICS! (click HERE)
  • (A-24) HUMMINGBIRD BABY NURSED BACK TO HEALTH (click HERE)
  • (A-23) VIBURNUM, WISTERIA & HONEYSUCKLE HEDGE FOR WILDLIFE (click HERE)
  • (A-22) CREATE A MONARCH WAYSTATION IN YOUR YARD! (click HERE)
  • (A-21) ALDO LEOPOLD: A LEGENDARY CONSERVATIONIST (click HERE)
  • (A-20) BIODIVERSITY FLOURISHES IN MY WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY YARD (click HERE)
  • (A-19) A VIDEO FOR RED-SHOULDERED HAWK LOVERS (click HERE)
  • (A-18) SHARP-SHINNED HAWK DEVOURS STARLING (click HERE)
  • (A-17) WINNERS OF MYSTERY BIRD CONTEST NO. 2! (click HERE)
  • (A-16) VIDEO ON BASICS IN CREATING A WILDLIFE FRIENDLY YARD. IF YOU BUILD IT...THEY WILL COME! (click HERE)
  • (A-15) HAWK, KITE & EAGLE CLOSE-UPS (click HERE)
  • (A-14) MYSTERY BIRD CONTEST NO. 2- WHAT IS IT? (click HERE)
  • (A-13) ANNE MURRAY SINGS ABOUT SNOW BUNTINGS! (click HERE)
  • (A-12) PEREGRINE FALCON ATTACKS RED-TAIL HAWK VIDEO (click HERE)

  • (A-11) REDPOLL FRENZY! (click HERE)
  • (A-10) WINNERS OF THE MYSTERY BIRD CONTEST (click HERE)
  • (A-9) SQUIRRLES- A PAIN IN THE ARSE OR ENTERTAINING CLOWNS? YOU DECIDE (click HERE)
  • (A-8) MYSTERY BIRD CONTEST- WHAT IS IT? (click HERE)
  • (A-6) NATURE NOTE 11/2/03- TRUMPETER SWANS! (click HERE)
  • (A-4) "Fluctuations in the numbers of the Monarch Butterfly in North America" by F.A. Urquhart, Professor, Un. of Toronto, Canada, Dezember 1970 (click HERE)
  • (A-3) IOWA COUPLE CREATED THE ULTIMATE IN MONARCH WAYSTATIONS (click HERE)
  • (A-2) HAPPENINGS AT WAYSTATION NO. 613 (AN ONGOING DIARY) (click HERE)
  • (A-1) HELP RESEARCHERS STUDY OE PARASITE HARMING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES-letter from Sonia Altizer (click HERE)
  • B) GOING NATIVE: URBAN LANDSCAPING FOR WILDLIFE WITH NATIVE PLANTS (click HERE)
  • (C) CLOCKS, CRYPTOCHROMES & MONARCH MIGRATIONS (click HERE)
  • (D) WATCH NOVA'S "THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF THE BUTTERFLIES...HERE IT IS! (click HERE)
  • (E) RELAX...AND WATCH THIS SLIDE SHOW WITH MUSIC...RELAX...AND APPRECIATE NATURE (click HERE)
  • (F) PHOTOGRAPHING BIRDS IS FUN! LOVE THE MUSIC TOO (click HERE)
  • (G) CREATE A WILDLIFE FRIENDLY YARD & HAPPENINGS AT MONARCH WAYSTATION NO. 613 (click HERE)
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SIGNS OF HOPE FOR THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY!

     According to ABC News, there are tentative signs of hope for the mass migration of monarch butterflies, whose numbers dropped to their lowest level ever last year. The first wave of Monarchs to arrive in Mexico's nature reserves have arrived earlier than usual this year, according to Luis Fueyo, who keeps tabs of them there. He said it's too early to say whether butterfly numbers will rebound this year from a series of sharp drops, but noted "this premature presence could be the prelude to an increase in the migration."
     Let's hope so! He said the first butterflies have been sighted in the northern border state of Coahuila. Most normally arrive in October from the United States and Canada. The experts will wait to make a definitive count after the butterflies have settled in completely, something that usually occurs by December.
     In February, Mexico, the United States and Canada agreed to form working groups on the conservation of Monarch butterflies, after steep and steady declines in the previous three years. Last year, the black-and-orange butterflies covered only 1.65 acres (0.67 hectares) in the pine and fir forests west of Mexico City, down from more than 44.5 acres (18 hectares) at their recorded peak in 1996. Because they clump together by the thousands in trees, counting individuals in near impossible; instead they are counted by the area they cover.
     The head of international affairs for Mexico's Environment Department, Enrique Lendo Fuentes, said the three nations "will probably have a joint plan of action before the end of November." The plan, experts said, would be to create a corridor of milkweed-friendly areas along the entire three-nation migratory route. That is important, because the butterfly has to reproduce along the way; the same generation doesn't make the entire trip.
SWAMP MILKWEED PLANTED IN MY YARD
     For its part, Mexico has already taken a number of steps, like setting up a network of observers to track monarchs from the time they enter the country, to try to identify milkweed patches that the butterflies might use along their way to their mountain wintering grounds. Activists have launched a web site where Mexicans can report and share sightings.
Monarchs lay eggs on milkweed leaves that hatch into caterpillars, morph into chrysalises and transform into butterflies. The butterfly's dramatic decline is being driven by widespread planting of genetically engineered, herbicide-resistant crops that tend to drastically decrease the amount of milkweed available.
     Mexican writer and environmentalist Homero Aridjis, said the butterflies face a number of challenges, including climate change and illegal logging in Mexico, in addition to the loss of habitat in the United States.
     "We are alarmed, because we don't yet what is going to happen" with butterflies, whose migration — but not the existence of the species — is consider at risk of disappearing.
     "We don't know what size population is going to come" to Mexico, "so we are a little alarmed."
     I hope it's a good year, for I have collected many Monarch eggs off the Common and Swamp Milkweed plants planted in my small, suburban yard in NW Ohio. I released 115 Monarch butterflies this year! Last year, not one egg was laid on them. I was so discouraged by last year's dismal results, that I didn't order Monarch tags from Monarch Watch, so the 115 releases weren't recorded.

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