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--Apple-Mail-14-366462169 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This morning on 'The Current', the second half-hour was devoted to Monarch Butterflies and their remarkable migration, which seems to be huge and further north than usual this year. The first interview was with John Acorn in Edmonton -- many will remember John as the 'Nature Nut' on TV decades ago. I knew John in the 1970s in Edmonton when he was in two nature clubs there and was a very keen youth entomologist -- now he is on faculty in Biology at Univ. of Alberta. I think John said he had only ever seen one Monarch in Edmonton until June 7th, when he saw 5? of them and many others were seen in Alberta after that. I think then they interviewed someone in Ontario, who mentioned the earlier very large influx of Red Admirals and lately of Monarchs. Check out cbc.ca/thecurrent/ to try to listen in on today's show. Don, please forward this to Barry Hicks in Newfoundland. Thanks. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --------------------- Begin forwarded message: > From: Donald Davis <donald_davis@yahoo.com> > Date: July 6, 2012 1:45:34 PM ADT > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Newfoundland Monarch Sightings! > Reply-To: Donald Davis <donald_davis@yahoo.com> > > Some may be interested in this report. Now I just need some > Okanagan Valley monarchs for all 10 provinces to have monarchs this > year. And perhaps later..one of the territories? > > Newfoundland does not normally have many monarch sightings. > I have only seen 2 monarchs in the past 30 years and have only > one in my collection. My wife saw one earlier today and I saw > one this evening (not sure if it was the same one). However, > a colleague just emailed me to say he counted 5 monarchs > earlier today at a location about 50km away from here > and that he also saw a monarch here a couple of days ago. > > Newfoundland doesn't have Milkweed so these butterflies > are off course. One can only assume that the southwesterly > winds and the warm/humid temperatures over the past > week have resulted in some of these butterflies being > blown here from Nova Scotia. I wonder if these are > doomed or will they attempt a return to the mainland. > > I thought that I would share this anomaly with everyone. > > Cheers > > Barry > ********************* > Dr. Barry Hicks > College of the North Atlantic > Carbonear, NL > > > Don Davis > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > > From: James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>; Donald Davis > <donald_davis@yahoo.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 4:02 PM > Subject: Monarch numbers up > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: John Klymko <klymko@yahoo.ca> >> Date: July 5, 2012 9:22:49 AM ADT >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Monarch numbers up >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Monarchs certainly have arrived in numbers this past week. In >> addition to the sightings posted on this Listserv I've received a >> number of reports from NB and NS over the past 10 days, and I saw >> my first Monarchs of the year on June 27. Prior to last week I'd >> received only a handful of Monarch reports. >> It appears to be a very good year for the Monarch population of >> eastern North America (the population that overwinters in Mexico), >> so I expect we'll be seeing higher than normal Monarch numbers all >> summer. Keep your eyes out for eggs and caterpillars on milkweed! >> For more information on this year's Monarch migration check out >> http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/News.html >> >> Cheers, >> John Klymko >> Director - Maritimes Butterfly Atlas >> http://accdc.com/butterflyatlas.html >> From: Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2012 5:08:12 PM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Monarch numbers up >> >> Yesterday I sighted at least 30 Monarch Butterflies along the >> Chebucto Peninsula coastline between Terence Bay, Lower Prospect, >> Prospect, through Peggy's Cove. But all were "cruising" and I >> was unable to obtain a single photograph. I was similarly >> unsuccessful at photographing a Northern Blue on the Peggy's Cove >> Barrens. But it was a beautiful day. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Blake >> >> >> -- >> Blake Maybank >> White's Lake, Nova Scotia >> My Blog: CSI: Life >> >> >> >> > > > --Apple-Mail-14-366462169 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> This morning on 'The Current', the second half-hour was devoted to = Monarch Butterflies and their remarkable migration, which seems to be = huge and further north than usual this year. The first interview = was with John Acorn in Edmonton -- many will remember John as the = 'Nature Nut' on TV decades ago. I knew John in the 1970s in = Edmonton when he was in two nature clubs there and was a very keen youth = entomologist -- now he is on faculty in Biology at Univ. of Alberta. = <div><br></div><div>I think John said he had only ever seen one = Monarch in Edmonton until June 7th, when he saw 5? of them and many = others were seen in Alberta after that. I think then they = interviewed someone in Ontario, who mentioned the earlier very large = influx of Red Admirals and lately of Monarchs. = <div><br></div><div>Check out cbc.ca/thecurrent/ to try to listen = in on today's show.</div><div><br></div><div>Don, please forward this to = Barry Hicks in Newfoundland. = Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div><div>---------------------<br><div><br><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Donald Davis <<a = href=3D"mailto:donald_davis@yahoo.com">donald_davis@yahoo.com</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 6, 2012 1:45:34 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Newfoundland Monarch = Sightings!</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Donald Davis <<a = href=3D"mailto:donald_davis@yahoo.com">donald_davis@yahoo.com</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, = new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Some may be interested = in this report. Now I just need some Okanagan Valley monarchs for all 10 = provinces to have monarchs this year. And perhaps later..one of the = territories?<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div>Newfoundland= does not normally have many monarch sightings.<br> I have only seen 2 = monarchs in the past 30 years and have only<br> one in my = collection. My wife saw one earlier today and I saw<br> one this = evening (not sure if it was the same one). However,<br> a = colleague just emailed me to say he counted 5 monarchs<br> earlier today = at a location about 50km away from here<br> and that he also saw a = monarch here a couple of days ago.<br> <br> Newfoundland doesn't have = Milkweed so these butterflies<br> are off course. One can only = assume that the southwesterly<br> winds and the warm/humid temperatures = over the past<br> week have resulted in some of these butterflies = being<br> blown here from Nova Scotia. I wonder if these are<br> = doomed or will they attempt a return to the mainland.<br> <br> I thought = that I would share this anomaly with everyone.<br> <br> Cheers<br> <br> = Barry<br> *********************<br> Dr. Barry Hicks<br> College of the = North Atlantic<br> Carbonear, NL</div><div> </div><div><b><font = face=3D"times new roman, new york, times, serif" = size=3D"3"></font></b> </div> <div><b><font face=3D"times new = roman, new york, times, serif" size=3D"3"><var = id=3D"yui-ie-cursor"></var>Don Davis</font></b></div> <div><b><font = face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">Toronto, Ontario, = Canada</font></b></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-family: times = new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div = style=3D"font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; = font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> = <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> = James W. Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br> = <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>>; Donald Davis <<a = href=3D"mailto:donald_davis@yahoo.com">donald_davis@yahoo.com</a>> = <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, = July 5, 2012 4:02 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: = bold;">Subject:</span></b> Monarch numbers up<br> </font> </div> <br> = <div id=3D"yiv1654603682"><div> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br = class=3D"yiv1654603682Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px= ;"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000" = size=3D"3"><b>From: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;" = size=3D"3">John Klymko <<a rel=3D"nofollow" = ymailto=3D"mailto:klymko@yahoo.ca" target=3D"_blank" = href=3D"mailto:klymko@yahoo.ca">klymko@yahoo.ca</a>></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px= ;"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000" = size=3D"3"><b>Date: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;" = size=3D"3">July 5, 2012 9:22:49 AM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px= ;"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000" = size=3D"3"><b>To: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;" = size=3D"3"><a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D"_blank" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div = style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px= ;"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000" = size=3D"3"><b>Subject: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;" = size=3D"3"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Monarch numbers up</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px= ;"><font style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000;" color=3D"#000000" = size=3D"3"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font style=3D"font:12.0px = Helvetica;" size=3D"3"><a rel=3D"nofollow" = ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div = style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px= ;min-height:14px;"><br></div> Monarchs certainly have arrived in numbers = this past week. In addition to the sightings posted on this Listserv = I've received a number of reports from NB and NS over the past 10 days, = and I saw my first Monarchs of the year on June 27. Prior to last week = I'd received only a handful of Monarch reports. <br>It appears to be a = very good year for the Monarch population of eastern North America (the = population that overwinters in Mexico), so I expect we'll be seeing = higher than normal Monarch numbers all summer. Keep your eyes out for = eggs and caterpillars on milkweed!<br>For more information on this = year's Monarch migration check out <a = href=3D"http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/News.html">http://www.learne= r.org/jnorth/monarch/News.html</a><br><br>Cheers,<br>John = Klymko<br>Director - Maritimes Butterfly Atlas<br><a = href=3D"http://accdc.com/butterflyatlas.html">http://accdc.com/butterflyat= las.html</a> <br> <div style=3D"font-family:times new roman, new york, = times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family:times new = roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span = style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Blake Maybank <<a = rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" = href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com">bmaybank@gmail.com</a>><br> = <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> <a rel=3D"nofollow" = ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> <br> = <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 4, = 2012 5:08:12 PM<br> <b><span = style=3D"font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NatureNS] Monarch = numbers up<br> </font> </div> <br><div id=3D"yiv1654603682"><font = size=3D"4"><font face=3D"tahoma,sans-serif">Yesterday I sighted at least = 30 Monarch Butterflies along the Chebucto Peninsula coastline between = Terence Bay, Lower Prospect, Prospect, through Peggy's Cove. = But all were "cruising" and I was unable to obtain a single = photograph. I was similarly unsuccessful at photographing a = Northern Blue on the Peggy's Cove Barrens. But it was a beautiful = day.<br> <br>Cheers,<br><br>Blake<br><br></font></font><br>-- <br><font = size=3D"4"><a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" = target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com">Blake = Maybank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> </font><font size=3D"4">My = Blog: <a rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank" = href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com/"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span = style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px;"></span><span = style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px;"></span><span = style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px;"></span><span = style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px;"></span><span = style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px;"></span><br> = <br></font><br> </div><br><br> </div> </div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></div><br><br> </div> </div> = </div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-14-366462169--
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