Published: 10/11/2022
Dear Western Monarch Friends,
Published: 10/11/2022
Central Flyway: Texas Is a Hotspot
Journey North volunteers in Texas started reporting monarch roosts at the end of September and since then, the state has become a hotspot of activity. Fall roosts and peak migration events are on the rise.
published: September 29, 2022
Roost Activity
From peninsulas to coastal ports, Journey North volunteers are documenting monarch roosting behavior. Early in September, monarch roosts numbers kept increasing along the shores of the Great Lakes. Mid September, volunteers observed roosts in the central U.S. This week, volunteers are observing roosts in Texas. Along the Atlantic Flyway, the Delaware Bay and the Chesapeake Bay continue to be hotspots for roost activity.
Roosts Activity
Monarch Roosts Hugging the Great Lakes
Darlene reporting from two locations along Lake Erie, reported:
published: 09/14/2022
High Heat
Stop and Go
Hummingbird migration is a stop and go journey. As hummers travel south, they must find places to rest and refuel along the way. Is your yard a valuable stopover site for hungry hummers?
Doubling Their Weight
Hummingbirds may be tiny, but they are big eaters. No animal on earth has a faster metabolism. These birds burn food so fast they often eat 1.5 to 3 times their body weight in food per day.
Earlier this year, Journey North program coordinator, Nancy Sheehan, worked with the FieldScope/BSCS Science Learning team to bring data on milkweed, monarch, and hummingbird tracking and monitoring into a newly launched FieldScope project. Data from Journey North’s Hummingbird and Monarch & Milkweed Projects are now available from 1994–2020.
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory (WUT) is a community of Anishnaabek (Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi nations) located in Ontario, Canada, on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron.
19 July - 25 July 2022
Dear fellow flock of birders,
The activity of the birds in the Arboretum continues to be similar to that of the previous week.