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MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

Monarch Butterflies. Still Journeying North. Reports of monarchs are picking up in Canada. The Upper Midwest remains a hotspot of activity, but migration is slower farther east. And more reports of western monarchs are needed. 26 May 2021. 05/05/2021 MONARCHS: MOVING NORTHWARD Thank you heat wave.” (05/02/2021) The quick pace of this year’s migration is evident in the surprise expressed by some Journey North observers, especially those finding eggs and larvae. Anne in Little Falls, NJ: “Counted roughly 50 monarch eggs - 1st time seeing them so early - don’t usually see until mid-late June.” (04/30/2021 04/06/2021 HUMMINGBIRDS: SLOWLY ADVANCING Black-chinned Hummingbirds are venturing out of Texas and moving west into New Mexico. And New Mexico is also welcoming Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. Angele in Elephant Butte, NM: “Saw first Black-chinned hummingbird 4/1/2021. First at the feeder then an hour later at the feeder and resting in trees.” (04/01/2021) Mary in Alamogordo, NM

FACTS: BABY ROBINS

A. Baby robins are colorful. Their skin in bright light may appear yellowish, and is transparent enough that it’s possible to see a baby robin’s green gall bladder, purplish-red liver, and orange yolk sac right through the skin! A newly-hatched robin has only a few tufts of fluff. The down feathers grow in quickly. FACTS: HELP FROM THE ROBIN EXPERT A. Keep cats indoors, set out nest platforms for robins, stop using insecticides in lawn sprays and only spot spray weed killers rather than spraying the entire lawn. Plant the kinds of berry trees and bushes that provide abundant food for robins and the kinds of trees and shrubs that provide good cover for nesting. AMERICAN ROBIN LIFE CYCLE Of those that survive their first year, most wild robins live to be about 5 or 6. As of February, 2001, the longest-living banded wild robin ever recorded had survived 13 years and 11 months, according to the Bird Banding Laboratory at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

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FACTS: ROBIN NESTS

A. A robin collects about 350 dried fibers of grass and small twigs that are about 6 inches long. After a soaking rain, the robin collects mud and travels to and from the nest several hundred times with beakfuls of mud. Next, the robin weaves the grasses together, cementing them to each other and to the supporting branch or

windowsill.

BALD EAGLES: FLEDGLINGS Bald Eagles: Fledglings. The young will stay in the nest about 11 to 12 weeks. By this time their downy feathers are replaced by juvenile feathers. At the end of this time the adults will start encouraging them to fly. First flights are often rather awkward and up to half of fledging attempts are less than successful and the young bird is stuck AMERICAN ROBIN: ANSWERS FROM THE EXPERT Questions and Answers: From Montrose, Michigan. Q: I have never seen robins at bird feeders or suet feeders until this winter, when my backyard robin regularly ate at the suet feeder. How do you explain this unusual robin behavior? A: This is an exceptional robin! Most robins learn a "search" pattern for food during the time they spend with their father after fledging, and then with robin

WELCOME TO JOURNEY

NORTHSIGHTINGSPROJECTSMAPSEDUCATORSREGISTRATIONHUMMINGBIRDS � 1997 – 2021 Journey North. All rights reserved.

MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

Monarch Butterflies. Still Journeying North. Reports of monarchs are picking up in Canada. The Upper Midwest remains a hotspot of activity, but migration is slower farther east. And more reports of western monarchs are needed. 26 May 2021. 05/05/2021 MONARCHS: MOVING NORTHWARD Thank you heat wave.” (05/02/2021) The quick pace of this year’s migration is evident in the surprise expressed by some Journey North observers, especially those finding eggs and larvae. Anne in Little Falls, NJ: “Counted roughly 50 monarch eggs - 1st time seeing them so early - don’t usually see until mid-late June.” (04/30/2021 04/06/2021 HUMMINGBIRDS: SLOWLY ADVANCING Black-chinned Hummingbirds are venturing out of Texas and moving west into New Mexico. And New Mexico is also welcoming Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. Angele in Elephant Butte, NM: “Saw first Black-chinned hummingbird 4/1/2021. First at the feeder then an hour later at the feeder and resting in trees.” (04/01/2021) Mary in Alamogordo, NM

FACTS: BABY ROBINS

A. Baby robins are colorful. Their skin in bright light may appear yellowish, and is transparent enough that it’s possible to see a baby robin’s green gall bladder, purplish-red liver, and orange yolk sac right through the skin! A newly-hatched robin has only a few tufts of fluff. The down feathers grow in quickly. FACTS: HELP FROM THE ROBIN EXPERT A. Keep cats indoors, set out nest platforms for robins, stop using insecticides in lawn sprays and only spot spray weed killers rather than spraying the entire lawn. Plant the kinds of berry trees and bushes that provide abundant food for robins and the kinds of trees and shrubs that provide good cover for nesting. AMERICAN ROBIN LIFE CYCLE Of those that survive their first year, most wild robins live to be about 5 or 6. As of February, 2001, the longest-living banded wild robin ever recorded had survived 13 years and 11 months, according to the Bird Banding Laboratory at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

In

FACTS: ROBIN NESTS

A. A robin collects about 350 dried fibers of grass and small twigs that are about 6 inches long. After a soaking rain, the robin collects mud and travels to and from the nest several hundred times with beakfuls of mud. Next, the robin weaves the grasses together, cementing them to each other and to the supporting branch or

windowsill.

BALD EAGLES: FLEDGLINGS Bald Eagles: Fledglings. The young will stay in the nest about 11 to 12 weeks. By this time their downy feathers are replaced by juvenile feathers. At the end of this time the adults will start encouraging them to fly. First flights are often rather awkward and up to half of fledging attempts are less than successful and the young bird is stuck AMERICAN ROBIN: ANSWERS FROM THE EXPERT Questions and Answers: From Montrose, Michigan. Q: I have never seen robins at bird feeders or suet feeders until this winter, when my backyard robin regularly ate at the suet feeder. How do you explain this unusual robin behavior? A: This is an exceptional robin! Most robins learn a "search" pattern for food during the time they spend with their father after fledging, and then with robin JOURNEY NORTH SIGHTING FORM Report Sightings Login. E-mail Password Forgot your password? Register. Select Species or Event 2021 NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK National Pollinator Week: JUNE 21-27, 2021. “The evidence is overwhelming that wild pollinators are declining around the world. Most have already experienced a shrinking of range. Some have already suffered or face the imminent risk of total extinction. Their ranks are being thinned not just by habitat reduction and other familiar

agents of

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View Map Bald Eagle View Data. View Map Barn Swallow (FIRST sighted) View Data. View Map Daylight View Data. View Map Earthworm (FIRST sighted) View Data. View Map Frog (First HEARD singing) View Data. View Map Gray Whale View Data. View Map Habitat View Data. View Map Hummingbird (OTHER Observations) View Data. 04/06/2021 HUMMINGBIRDS: SLOWLY ADVANCING Black-chinned Hummingbirds are venturing out of Texas and moving west into New Mexico. And New Mexico is also welcoming Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. Angele in Elephant Butte, NM: “Saw first Black-chinned hummingbird 4/1/2021. First at the feeder then an hour later at the feeder and resting in trees.” (04/01/2021) Mary in Alamogordo, NM

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Copy the link below to share the map you’re currently viewing: ORIOLE EGGS AND BABIES The parents both feed them, coming to the nest a total of about 13 times an hour from sunrise to sunset. The babies grow from about 2 grams at hatching to about 34 grams when they fledge,11-14 days later. Try This! Calculations. The average weight of an oriole egg is 2.99 grams. The average weight of the empty shell is 0.20 grams.

FACTS: ROBIN EGGS

A. Most robin clutches during their first nesting of a season have 3 or 4 eggs. Very rarely there are 5, but this most often happens when a robin lays an egg in another robin’s nest. Second and third nestings of a season sometimes have only 2 eggs. Q. BALD EAGLES: POST-FLEDGING Bald Eagles: Post-Fledging. A young bird's first flight typically is not very far, and fledglings are reluctant fliers. Landing is a skill that takes practice. They may stay at their first perch for a few days before flying again or even spend time on the ground where they're vulnerable to predators. Adults will continue to bring food to the 06/09/2021 ADULT RED-TAILED HAWK FEEDING NESTLING Adult Red-tailed Hawk Feeding Nestling. UW-Madison Arboretum, Madison, WI. Photo by: Chuck Henrikson 06/0-9/2021 RED-TAILED HAWK NESTLINGS Red-tailed Hawk Nestlings. UW-Madison Arboretum, Madison, WI. Photo

by: Chuck Henrikson

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MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

Monarch Butterflies. Still Journeying North. Reports of monarchs are picking up in Canada. The Upper Midwest remains a hotspot of activity, but migration is slower farther east. And more reports of western monarchs are needed. 26 May 2021. 05/05/2021 MONARCHS: MOVING NORTHWARD Thank you heat wave.” (05/02/2021) The quick pace of this year’s migration is evident in the surprise expressed by some Journey North observers, especially those finding eggs and larvae. Anne in Little Falls, NJ: “Counted roughly 50 monarch eggs - 1st time seeing them so early - don’t usually see until mid-late June.” (04/30/2021 04/07/2021 MONARCHS: STEADY PROGRESS Milkweed emergence is being reported as far north as Ontario. Mike in Central Huron, ON: “Swamp milkweed showing signs of life at Hullett Marsh.” (04/07/2021) With more monarchs moving across Oklahoma, eggs are now being reported. Kathryn in Tulsa, OK: “20+ eggs on Common Milkweed in a garden designed for milkweed and zinnias.”

(04/06/2021)

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Copy the link below to share the map you’re currently viewing: AMERICAN ROBIN LIFE CYCLE Of those that survive their first year, most wild robins live to be about 5 or 6. As of February, 2001, the longest-living banded wild robin ever recorded had survived 13 years and 11 months, according to the Bird Banding Laboratory at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

In

FACTS: BABY ROBINS

A. Baby robins are colorful. Their skin in bright light may appear yellowish, and is transparent enough that it’s possible to see a baby robin’s green gall bladder, purplish-red liver, and orange yolk sac right through the skin! A newly-hatched robin has only a few tufts of fluff. The down feathers grow in quickly.

FACTS: ROBIN NESTS

A. A robin collects about 350 dried fibers of grass and small twigs that are about 6 inches long. After a soaking rain, the robin collects mud and travels to and from the nest several hundred times with beakfuls of mud. Next, the robin weaves the grasses together, cementing them to each other and to the supporting branch or

windowsill.

AMERICAN ROBIN NESTS AND EGGS Facts about American Robins for Journey North. Expert answers about robin characteristics such as how big robins are, how much robins weigh, why robins sing, why named robins, how fast robins fly, why robins hop and more. FREEZING TEMPERATURES DAMAGE MILKWEED BY DR LINCOLN BROWER Normally, the weather in late March and early April no longer has frost. However, on the early morning of 8 April 2009, there was a very light frost that severely damaged many of the milkweeds. Over the two preceding days we had counted the old females and males that had flown back from having overwintered in Mexico and were establishing the

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MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

Monarch Butterflies. Still Journeying North. Reports of monarchs are picking up in Canada. The Upper Midwest remains a hotspot of activity, but migration is slower farther east. And more reports of western monarchs are needed. 26 May 2021. 05/05/2021 MONARCHS: MOVING NORTHWARD Thank you heat wave.” (05/02/2021) The quick pace of this year’s migration is evident in the surprise expressed by some Journey North observers, especially those finding eggs and larvae. Anne in Little Falls, NJ: “Counted roughly 50 monarch eggs - 1st time seeing them so early - don’t usually see until mid-late June.” (04/30/2021 04/07/2021 MONARCHS: STEADY PROGRESS Milkweed emergence is being reported as far north as Ontario. Mike in Central Huron, ON: “Swamp milkweed showing signs of life at Hullett Marsh.” (04/07/2021) With more monarchs moving across Oklahoma, eggs are now being reported. Kathryn in Tulsa, OK: “20+ eggs on Common Milkweed in a garden designed for milkweed and zinnias.”

(04/06/2021)

JOURNEY NORTH MAPS

Copy the link below to share the map you’re currently viewing: AMERICAN ROBIN LIFE CYCLE Of those that survive their first year, most wild robins live to be about 5 or 6. As of February, 2001, the longest-living banded wild robin ever recorded had survived 13 years and 11 months, according to the Bird Banding Laboratory at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

In

FACTS: BABY ROBINS

A. Baby robins are colorful. Their skin in bright light may appear yellowish, and is transparent enough that it’s possible to see a baby robin’s green gall bladder, purplish-red liver, and orange yolk sac right through the skin! A newly-hatched robin has only a few tufts of fluff. The down feathers grow in quickly.

FACTS: ROBIN NESTS

A. A robin collects about 350 dried fibers of grass and small twigs that are about 6 inches long. After a soaking rain, the robin collects mud and travels to and from the nest several hundred times with beakfuls of mud. Next, the robin weaves the grasses together, cementing them to each other and to the supporting branch or

windowsill.

AMERICAN ROBIN NESTS AND EGGS Facts about American Robins for Journey North. Expert answers about robin characteristics such as how big robins are, how much robins weigh, why robins sing, why named robins, how fast robins fly, why robins hop and more. FREEZING TEMPERATURES DAMAGE MILKWEED BY DR LINCOLN BROWER Normally, the weather in late March and early April no longer has frost. However, on the early morning of 8 April 2009, there was a very light frost that severely damaged many of the milkweeds. Over the two preceding days we had counted the old females and males that had flown back from having overwintered in Mexico and were establishing the

MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

Monarch Butterflies. Still Journeying North. Reports of monarchs are picking up in Canada. The Upper Midwest remains a hotspot of activity, but migration is slower farther east. And more reports of western monarchs are needed. 26 May 2021. 2021 NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK National Pollinator Week: JUNE 21-27, 2021. “The evidence is overwhelming that wild pollinators are declining around the world. Most have already experienced a shrinking of range. Some have already suffered or face the imminent risk of total extinction. Their ranks are being thinned not just by habitat reduction and other familiar

agents of

03/23/2021 MOVING NORTHWARD Joan in Vicksburg, MS: “First female Ruby-throated Hummingbird at feeder.” (03/17/2021) Fala in Ashland, AL: “We are pleased to report the first Ruby-throated Hummingbird sighting in our area. A mature adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbird visited our feeder on the evening of 3/18/2021.”. Katie in Lagrange, GA: “First sighting

here.

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Date: 06/08/2021 Number: 8 A mix of males and females, all black-chinned. Some were nectaring from lantana, standing cyprus, but most were at our feeder.

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Oxford, OH. Latitude: 39.5 Longitude: -84.8. Observed by: Linda Contact Observer. The observer's e-mail address will not be disclosed. Contact will be made through a web-based form.

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Date: 06/08/2021 This is the first time I have seen this grove of milkweed along the Art Dye Trail in American Fork Utah. There were 21 plus stems of showy milkweed about to bloom. ORIOLE EGGS AND BABIES The parents both feed them, coming to the nest a total of about 13 times an hour from sunrise to sunset. The babies grow from about 2 grams at hatching to about 34 grams when they fledge,11-14 days later. Try This! Calculations. The average weight of an oriole egg is 2.99 grams. The average weight of the empty shell is 0.20 grams. CLASSROOM LESSONS: MIGRATION AND THE SEASONS Children see it in the length of a day, in the appearance of a flower, in the flight of a butterfly. This Slideshow and Teaching Resources introduce Journey North, a free, Internet-based program in which students explore the interrelated aspects of seasonal change. Reasons for Seasons: Exploring the Astronomy of the Seasons. 04/21/2021 DR. DAVID ABORN'S WEATHER FORECASTS FOR Weather Forecasts for Migrating Songbirds #6. Published: 04/21/2021. Dear Journey North Readers, Well, it’s happened – the first fallout of the season! And it was a big one! All the elements came together. Strong south winds over the Gulf of Mexico meant a lot of birds were flying across to the US. When they arrived, the cold front

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FACTS: HELP FROM THE ROBIN EXPERT A. Keep cats indoors, set out nest platforms for robins, stop using insecticides in lawn sprays and only spot spray weed killers rather than spraying the entire lawn. Plant the kinds of berry trees and bushes that provide abundant food for robins and the kinds of trees and shrubs that provide good cover for nesting. Skip to main content Tracking migrations and seasons

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