Migration Update: April 3, 2008 |
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Today's Report Includes:
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How to read a wind map >> |
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The Migration: Maps, Questions and Highlights | |||||||||
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Field Notes from Carol Cullar: Monarch Butterfly Flight >> | |||||||||
Why do monarchs avoid flying over mountains? When Texas naturalist Carol Cullar read this week's "Answers from the Expert" (see below) she added a pilot's perspective.
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Answers from the Monarch Butterfly Expert >> | |||||||||
Dr. Karen Oberhauser needs no introduction to most of our readers. She is well known and respected among students, teachers, and her scientist-colleagues alike. Dr. Oberhauser has been studying monarchs for over 20 years. Karen teaches and conducts her research at the University of Minnesota and her web sites, Monarchs in the Classroom and (Monarch Lab), provide monarch butterfly education and outreach across North America. Volunteers can help with Dr. Oberhauser's research this spring by participating in the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project Find out!
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More
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The Next Monarch Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 10, 2008.
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