I saw a monarch on the Rose of Sharon bush by my front porch. I had to get shoes on to go to the yard to photograph the butterfly as you can see from the first attempted photo below.
There was a round sticker tag on the Monarch’s wing, which I’d never seen before. It was very exciting.
Turns out it was a tag of Monarch Watch “Monarch Watch is an education, conservation, and research program based at the University of Kansas that focuses on the monarch butterfly, its habitat, and its spectacular fall migration. Monarch Watch was founded in 1992 by Dr. Orley “Chip” Taylor and the monarch tagging program was launched in the fall of that year.
I was able to go online and sign up and registered the tag sighting.
Great picture – interesting that they tag butterflies.
WOW! Very cool!
Very exciting. You better get a butterflie bush for your front yard.
Well, Ruth, I was subbing today for the 4th/5th grade Science teacher and the lesson was on migration! How ironic that this happened to be your blog post today!!! It was a great addition to the lesson!!! Thank you! Miss you!
Miss you too. I’m so happy to know it was useful in class.
Fabulous catch gcr