Migration Update: March 12, 2009 | Please
Report Winter Sightings! >> |
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Today's Report Includes:
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Here come the Monarchs! >> |
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News from Mexico: Here Come the Monarchs! | ||||||
The colonies at the overwintering sites are breaking up and spring migration is underway! Dr. Calvert witnessed the monarchs' restless movements in, around, and from the colonies: "There is hardly anything that dazzles more than the simultaneous falling of tens of thousands of butterflies from a roost—as if gravity suddenly pulled with extra force..." |
Monarchs
on the Move! |
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The Migration: Highlights, Maps, and Questions | ||||||
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Slideshow: Spring Migration, A Race Against Time >> | ||||||
Spring migration begins every March in a flurry. The monarchs are in a race against time. They can't stay in Mexico any longer — but they can't move north too quickly either. The timing of the monarch's spring migration must be precise. Why do they go now, and how do they know when to leave? Slideshow >> |
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Journal Question: Why Go Quickly—But Not too Quickly? | ||||||
Read today's slideshow, then answer... This
Week's Journal Question:
As you track the migration this spring, look for the many time-sensitive connections between monarchs, climate and the seasons. |
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Please Report Your Sightings! | ||||||
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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 March 19, 2009.
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