We also have lots of golden rod and have seen Monarchs. 3 years ago in Cape May, 3rd week in September, we saw thousands of them- over the water, binocular view, and on the golden rod or other flowers. We went there for bird migrants, but..... Pete Dunne even mentioned them in a report. It was spectacular! Hope there are still enough trees in Mexico for them to winter over. Maybe it is just an off year.??
Ann Mitchell Sent from my IPhone > On Oct 10, 2013, at 7:40 AM, steve rosenthal <[email protected]> wrote: > > at jones beach and point lookout here in NY my impression was that > there were still ample goldenrods back along the roadways and (at Pt > Lookout) along the shore of Jones Inlet.... All with nary a monarch on > them on my last few visits. I think 4 or 5 monarchs was the most I saw > on any single visit of an hour to two hours length. This has been > typical for observers posting all summer long to the NABA (North > American Butterfly Assocaition) websites' "Postings" from anywhere > in the eastern half of the US. > >> On 10/10/13, Peter Priolo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Excellent question I've noticed a decline as well. I am no expert but have >> tagged monarchs as a citizen scientist for the past 3 years on the south >> shore of Long Island as part of the U of Kansas monarch watch project. Two >> years ago there were enough monarchs flying east to west along the dunes >> that praying mantis would ambush them on the seaside goldenrod. >> This year I the amount and rate of monarchs flying east to west on the >> coastal dunes decreased dramatically. >> I think this is linked with the observation that there appears to be less >> goldenrod stands; and, I think there are less goldenrod because of physical >> change of the dunes from hurricane Sandy. Some great stands got buried along >> beachfront that I have found monarchs at in past years. >> I wonder if there are less goldenrod available along the entire coast in the >> plants range. I wonder if this will set them back as the yellow blooms are >> an energy source timed with their migration. >> That is my speculation. I don't know if the monarch population actually did >> decrease markedly this year, I just saw less where I used to see more. >> >> Peter Priolo >> Ctr Moriches >> -- >> >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
