Published: 04/27/2022
Journey North volunteers are reporting monarchs with old and faded wings as well as first generation, fresh-winged monarchs.
Kaitlyn in Springfield, MO: "[Monarch] looked worn and tattered, flew through my backyard." (04/23/2022)
Published: 04/27/2022
Dear Western Monarch Friends,
Published: 04/22/2022
Dear Journey North Readers,
12 April - 18 April 2022
Published: 04/20/2022
The monarchs of the overwintering generation have only a few weeks left to live. The worn-winged butterflies are no longer their brilliant orange. Most monarchs from this generation will die by the first of May. At this time of the migration season, Journey North volunteers are observing multiple generations of monarchs.
Published: 04/20/2022
Dear Western Monarch Friends,
April’s sightings are now tracking monarch movement both east and north, as their range expands through both California and Arizona. With sightings now on the western side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, how soon will they appear in Nevada?
05 April - 11 April 2022
New birds continue to arrive.
Published: 04/15/2022
Dear Journey North Readers,
29 March - 04 April 2022
Here are the new bird arrivals in the UW Arboretum while I was down in Arboretum South (Florida).
Published: 04/06/2022
Reports are picking up in northeast Texas and Oklahoma. The leading edge of migration ( around latitude 36°N) is ever so slightly behind where it was at this same time last year. The northernmost report is from Bluff City, Kansas. Farther east, monarchs are making their way up through the Carolinas.
