Migration Update: May 15, 2008 |
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Today's Report Includes:
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The Migration: Maps, Questions and Highlights | |||||||||||||||||
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Spotlight: 1st Monarch in Maine? Verifying Data Behind the Scenes >> | |||||||||||||||||
The word came on Tuesday, May 13th, from Mrs. Fitzgerald's class in Kittery Point, Maine:
This is a remarkable sighting! If accurate, it would be this spring's first for the state of Maine. Yet this sighting is 275 miles ahead of the migration's leading edge, and monarchs don't usually reach Maine until June. What steps does Journey North take to verify the data we collect from observers? Meet Journey North's Cindy Schmid. She reviews every sighting and spends hundreds of hours each season contacting observers for more information. Monarch butterflies come and go quickly. It's hard to make sure that somebody saw one. But there's another way can we confirm that monarchs have arrived. Can you guess what it is? >> |
Journey North's Cindy Schmid writes to observers for more information. >>
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Slideshow: Let's Find Monarchs! Clues in the Milkweed Patch >> | |||||||||||||||||
Look closely. Can you find the monarch in the picture to the right? Monarchs leave tell-tale signs on the milkweed they eat. This "leaf damage" gives clues about when and where monarchs have been feeding. Today's slideshow is a trip to the milkweed patch to find monarchs. Slideshow >> |
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Symbolic Monarchs: Over 13,000 on the Map! Are Yours? >> | |||||||||||||||||
Has anyone found your symbolic butterfly yet? There are now over 13,000 children's butterflies on the map, waiting for their makers to discover them. >> Have you told the world whose butterflies you've received? Join the fun! >> |
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Year-end Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts! >> | |||||||||||||||||
Will you take a few minutes to complete our Year-end Evaluation? With your help, we can we document Journey North's reach, impact and value. We need comments like yours to keep the program going and growing. Thank you! >> |
Year-end Evaluation >> |
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Links: Monarch Butterfly Resources to Explore | |||||||||||||||||
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More
Monarch Lessons and
Teaching Ideas! |
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The Next Monarch Migration Update Will Be Posted on May 22, 2008.
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