Since the recent story I wrote on the plight of the monarch butterfly in which I encouraged the residents of Central Oregon to create monarch waystations, I’ve been reminded by more than one person that I left out a couple of salient facts about the life history of monarchs: time and metamorphosis. Thus, regarding the […]
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Plight of the Monarchs
Monarch butterflies, once found throughout North America in the billions, are in the news because the species is faltering, and according to several insect specialists, is threatened with extinction. Adult monarchs do not hibernate; they MUST migrate to southern climes where they winter over in enormous numbers. Therefore, thousands of monarchs found in the eastern […]
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Side Notes 4/20-4/27
Saving Monarch Butterflies in Central Oregon Monarch butterflies are declining drastically with 80 percent of the population of eastern monarchs lost in the last decade. Central Oregonians can learn how to protect monarch butterflies at two upcoming events in May. May 10 ~ Tom Landis from the Southern Oregon Monarch Advocates will present “Bringing Monarchs […]
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Float Like This
Of hummingbirds and butterflies
While you were in the teeth-rattling -10 temperatures last week, Sue and I were basking in the balmy warmth of Las Vegas, Nevada. (No, I don’t gamble, but yes, we did go into downtown Vegas for an evening of enjoying the arts—no, not the strip clubs, but the exceptional Titanic exhibit for one—and had a […]