Mid-Atlantic Gardening: MIGRATION ON! Plant it and They Will Come part 5, 1 by coleup
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coleup wrote: Congratulations to Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy for exceeding their goal of raising and releasing 22014 Monatchs this summer. As of Oct 9 they had 2236! That is almost 2,200 more adults to breed and migrate than if the good citizens of Loudoun had not planted milkweed, set up Monarch Waystations at homes, businesses, schools and parks, and volunteered to hand raise those eggs and cats they found. ( 1- 2 % in the wild survive to adulthood) http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Monarch_Campaign_Raise_Releas... Looks like many of the Loudoun releases will follow the Appalachian ridges with their thermal updrafts, down south and then across to Texas and on to Mexico. Check out the animated migration maps to see where those you have released will be most likely along their way. http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/fall2014/update100914.... Many of the Monarchs from Canada and the Northeast follow a coast hugging route that takes them thru Cape May, NJ where they are logged and tagged. Check the latest reports from Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project here http://capemaymonarchs.blogspot.com/ Since my last cat of this season won't eclose until another week or so I thought I would add this :about a Monarch tagged in Cape May NJ on Oct 12 who made it to Georgia in three days, a distance of over 500 miles! Too Late to Migrate? Tagging returns show a monarch can fly 500 miles in 3 days when the wind is from the north. This fact can calm the fears of people in the north worried about late migrating monarchs. "When is the last date we should be releasing monarchs into the wild?" asked 1st and 2nd graders in South Hero, Vermont. Watch for a sunny day and a north wind. Release the monarch at mid-day when temperatures are warm enough for flight (55°F if cloudy; 50°F if sunny). http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/fall2014/c100914_late.... Today's rain here will see them hunkered down til sun returns. Think I will do the same. More later. j |