One of the profound threats to Monarchs is the decline of their wintering forest. It's not just logging but also climate change. I'm planting milkweeds, anyway.
Tom Gilde On Fri, 19 Jul, 2024 at 2:41 PM, Jeanne Baumann <jbaumann-...@outlook.com> wrote: To: mou-net@lists.umn.edu I've seen one single monarch - just yesterday. And my yard is full of wild milkweed. On 7/19/2024 12:22 PM, Missy Bowen wrote: > No monarchs. Troubling. > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 12:17 PM Jeffrey > Saffle<jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu<mailto:jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu>> > wrote: > >> We have a few hummers here in Lake Elmo but I’m much more struck by a >> near-total absence of monarch butterflies. I successfully raised and >> released 16 monarchs in June/early July but since then I’ve only found one >> caterpillar and seen one adult. I suspect the relentlessly rainy weather >> was hard on them. What are others’ thought? >> Jeffrey Saffle >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 19, 2024, at 11:27 AM, Jason >>> Frank<jmfran...@gmail.com<mailto:jmfran...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I'm in Ortonville, and haven't seen a single hummingbird all summer >> long. I >>> only saw a few in the spring. >>> >>> There are no Japanese Beetles this far west yet, so no one around here is >>> spraying for them. Plenty of people are spraying for everything else, >>> though. Ortonville is governed by the type of 20th Century idiocy that >>> employs a municipal mosquito spray truck which circles the town once a >> week >>> to kill every flying insect in its path (can't have all dem golfers and >>> lakeshore dwellers gettin all itchy, don't ya know). There are plenty of >>> flowers around town, and good nesting habitat in the parks and ravines. I >>> too am noticing low numbers of Barn and Tree Swallows... and I haven't >> seen >>> a Kestrel since April. At this point, it could be a whole cumulative >> effect >>> of climate, over-spraying and insect population collapse, and bird flu, >>> which I'd imagine could spread to hummers if their feeders are in close >>> proximity to seed and suet feeders. All those storms and heavy rain >> during >>> nesting season probably didn't help, either. >>> >>> Jason Frank >>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM Nancy Steinhauser >>>> <nancyhu...@gmail.com<mailto:nancyhu...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Wondering if anyone else has seen the numbers go down this summer. >> From a >>>> great start (over 30 birds arrived at the feeders.....and who knows the >>>> ones I didn't see) in mid-May, the numbers now have dwindled to less >> than a >>>> dozen, and that's up from 3 or 4 because the little ones have fledged. >>>> Neighbors and co-workers (the north shore and inland above Two Harbors) >>>> have reported the same "drop" in birds. Bewildered. They started to >>>> disappear early to mid-June and have not returned. Wondering about bird >>>> flu. >>>> We have had a huge mosquito population this summer because of all the >>>> rain. But that hasn't dropped hummingbird numbers coming to feeders in >>>> previous wet summers. >>>> Any ideas/experiences? The numbers here have been steadily going up for >>>> over >>>> 25 years. Many feeders out. Such a shock to have so few birds. >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> Nancy in Superior Highlands >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> General information and guidelines for posting: >>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html >>>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >>>> >>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice >> social >>>> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. >>>> >>> ---- >>> General information and guidelines for posting: >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html >>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >>> >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice >> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. >> >> ---- >> General information and guidelines for posting: >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html >> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. >> > ---- > General information and guidelines for > posting:https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. . ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
