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Migration
Update: March 16, 2007 |
Please
Report
Your Sightings! >> |
Today's
Report Includes:
- The
Migration is Underway! >>
- Migration
Maps, Questions and Highlights
- Highlights:
A Clear Arrival in Texas This Week
- Where
Will They Go Next? Predicting
the Patterns of Migration >>
- Journal:
North,
East, West — or in All Directions? >>
- Links:
Monarch Butterfly Resources to Explore >>
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Where Will the Monarchs Go Next?
Photo:
Dr. Lincoln Brower
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The Migration: Maps, Data and Questions |
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Distribution
Map >> |
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Live
Map >> |
Map
Questions >>
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-
Map:
Animated Map (Week-by-week
slideshow) >>
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Map: Printer Friendly Version >>
- Sightings:
Recent Sightings (for Classroom Mapping) >>
- Sightings:
All Sightings >>
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Highlights:
A Clear Arrival in Texas This Week!
The leading edge of this spring's migration has clearly arrived
in Texas! Our map shows a line at 30N, the same latitude as Austin.
But look where the monarchs were last year at this time
— they
had already reached 35 north and had moved into Arkansas. (See March
17, 2006 map.)
"Conditions
are still wet and cool through most of Texas," says Mike
Quinn of Texas Parks and Wildlife.
What
does spring migration look like? When the monarchs leave Mexico
they fill the sky. By the time they reach Texas they have dispersed
over miles and miles of space. You can usually count the number
you see on one hand.
"It's
not dramatic, actually, what you see," says monarch biologist
Dr. Bill Calvert. "You never see too many at once. You may
see one or two an hour. That would be a good spring migration."
More >>
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Where
Will They Go Next? Predicting
the Patterns of Migration |
The
monarchs are pouring out of Mexico now and trickling into Texas. Where
do you think they will appear next? New Mexico? Oklahoma? Arkansas? (You
might be surprised!)
Why do the
monarchs travel where they do? What drives the pace and direction of the
migration? By tracking the migration "live" we can help answer
questions like these. Let's watch carefully this spring and see what we
can learn.
Slideshow
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Journal:
North, East, West
— or in All Directions? |
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During
the first month of the migration:
- In what
general direction do you think the migration will move? Will the monarchs
go north, east, west or spread out equally in all directions? Give reasons
to explain your thinking.
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Links:
Monarch Butterfly Resources to Explore |
- Predicting:
Predicting the Route of the Spring Migration >>
- Analyzing
Migration Maps: Watch Your Language! >>
- Reading
Strategy: Summarize Information >>
- Mapping—Key
Lessons & Resources:
Making, Reading and Interpreting Maps >>
- Monarchs
for Kids
(booklets, photos, videos) >>
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The
Next Monarch Migration Update Will Be Posted on March 23, 2007.
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