Alex, Did you have more in the Spring, did you notice? On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM Knopick, Alex < alex.d.knop...@craig-hallum.com> wrote:
> We see 1-2 almost every evening at our feeder between 6-8pm, including > tonight. > > Alex Knopick > a...@craighallum.com > > > > Alex Knopick - Partner > Managing Director - Investment Banking > Craig-Hallum Capital Group > M: 612-237-5281 > Work Text: 612-482-2583 > O: 612-334-6341 > a...@craighallum.com > > On Jul 19, 2024, at 7:56 PM, Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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. > > > > ------------------------------ > This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered safely > by Mimecast. > For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com > ------------------------------ > ---- 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.
