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Caterpillar – palooza on the Llano River: No Monarch butterflies, but...
I was worried that the only Monarchs that I’ll be tagging this year will be ones I raise myself. Until this guy showed up: First of season wild Monarch tagged on the Llano River. October 2013. Photo...
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Migration Update: Llano River Thunderstorms Stall Early Pulse of Monarch...
What a perfect weekend: friends and family gathered to assist in my annual Monarch Birthday Tagging weekend. Lucky me, my October 13 birthday falls smack dab in the middle of peak migration,...
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Lots of Butterflies, but No Monarchs on the Llano River this Weekend
It was a disappointing weekend of Monarch tagging. Again. This weekend was a repeat of last–with only one Monarch butterfly spotted, none tagged. I’m betting Monarchs migrated further west. Or...
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Llano River Ready for “Premigration Migration” of Monarch Butterflies
Email lists have been filled with optimistic reports on the Monarch migration in recent weeks. We’re feeling hopeful of a rebound. Folks from Canada to Pennsylvania sang a buoyant chorus: more...
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Migration Update: Monarch Butterfly EGGstravaganza on the Llano River
We’re hearing positive reports from further north about the Monarch butterfly migration. Masses of Monarchs look to be in the Midwest right now, according to dispatches from the DPLEX list, the Monarch...
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Monarch Migration Update: Lone “Cat” on Llano, Butterfly Cloud Spotted on Radar
No woman is an island, but this caterpillar had his own—right in the middle of the Llano River. A quick kayak tour on Friday revealed another first in my eight years of tagging and monitoring Monarch...
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Migrating Monarch Butterflies Stymied by Wind, Storms in Texas Hill Country
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Monarch butterflies clustered along the Llano River this weekend, clinging to pecan tree branches as strong winds from the south kept them in place, temporarily halting...
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Launches Milkweed Monitoring Project
The intersection of technology and Nature continues as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced a program to monitor milkweed stands throughout the Lone Star State this week. The...
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Late-but-Great Wildflowers to Greet Monarchs and other Pollinators
A banner wildflower season will greet Monarch butterflies when they begin their migratory trek north later this month. The slow soak of winter has set the stage for a late-but-great bloom season....
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Trinity Students Tackle Invasive Johnson grass on Llano River
There was a fine lady from Lampasas Who waged battle with invasive grasses When a root so immense of that Sorghum halepense Knocked her and her friends on their Johnson grasses....
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