By Gail Morris
March 14, 2019
Monarch Population Growth in 2019
March 12, 2019
March 12, 2019
Dear friends,
By Gail Morris
February 13, 2019
Looking for Monarchs!
Not all western monarchs spend the winter along the California coast. Small numbers of monarchs are reported throughout the winter in southern California’s Low Desert. This week let’s visit Sunnylands Center and Gardens in Rancho Mirage, California in the Sonoran Desert.
March 5, 2019
Dear friends:
After seeing a serious decline at both colonies, our emotions come back up again! With the more normal weather conditions having returned we hope that the season could last some more days and, if lucky, a couple of more weeks.
By Gail Morris
February 13, 2019
Spring Migration Patterns Constructed From Tagging Projects
As Western monarchs slowly leave the safety of their groves along the California coast on their spring migration, where will they go? Knowing where they came from may give us a clue. Let’s look where monarchs tagged by citizen scientists in the West were spotted at the California overwintering sites.
A reader wrote to ask:
"Why do monarchs leave Mexico in the spring and migrate north? Is it because it gets too hot in Mexico during the summer? Does milkweed not grow in Mexico? Do they have to head where the milkweed supply is coming back in the spring? I have yet to find an article that explains why monarchs leave Mexico in the spring and I have googled this endlessly."
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Very dear friends:
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Dear friends:
The monarch season has sustained an overwhelming peak for a whole month now! After visiting the sanctuaries, people return to town simply in shock by their impression at the experience. Travelers are here from as far as the Belgium, Ukraine, China, Japan, the Czech Republic and, of course, loyal followers from the United States and Canada. Everybody is amazed completely!
