Thank you all for replying. This is very troubling. A lot of migrating hummingbirds got back here but what happened afterwards? And the monarchs have been very few. Only a few caterpillars found on many milkweed plants. Nancy Superior Highlands
On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM Charlene Nelson <birdnir...@gmail.com> wrote: > We have very few butterflies, and we have an abundance of milkweed and > other natives for them to enjoy. > > Charlene Nelson > Grant County farm > > > On Jul 19, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Rebecca Field <rebeccafiel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I just saw a single Monarch in our hillside prairie where we have planted > > milkweed. Hope. > > > > Becky Field > > Orono > > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM Tom Gilde < > > 00002247eb7407f6-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> > > > > ---- > > 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.
