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a grant to establish new bluebird trails in the Fox Valley region
and to train monitors. If you live in the Fox Valley area (Outagamie, Shawano, Calumet, northern Winnebago, and Waupaca Counties) and would like to set up a bluebird trail, contact us at member.newaudubon@gmail.com Since bluebirds select their nesting sites in March, when the ground is still frozen,we need commitments to set up trails this fall. Bluebirds tolerate humans in their nesting area, but they are particular about their environment. They need at least 3 acres of mostly open habitat: short grasses with occasional trees. They like a perch site near their nest, but this could be fence posts, electric wire, or tall tree. Too many shrubs encourage House Sparrows to take over the nests instead of bluebirds. Good sites include cemeteries, office parks, golf courses, roadsides, RR tracks, and parks. The
grant is from the Environmental Stewardship Fund within the
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The North American migration of the monarch butterfly is one of the world’s greatest natural wonders. Each autumn hundreds of millions of monarchs from states and provinces east of the Rocky Mountains fly southward toward their winter destination in central Mexico. You can participate in this fascinating spectacle by attending our monarch tagging event. Children, parents and other participants catch migrating monarchs in fields, carefully apply numbered wing tags and release them to continue their journey to Mexico. The nationwide monarch tagging program is coordinated by Monarch Watch of the University of Kansas, monarchwatch.org
Leader: Ann Shebesta, the Butterfly Lady of Mishicot. Field trip begins inside with a half hour introduction on the monarch and its migration to Mexico. Then we will go to fields to catch, tag and release monarchs. All ages are welcome. No admission charge. No pre-registration required. Children are advised to wear long pants, suitable for walking through tall plants.
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