SE Colorado Birding: Monarch butterfly watch

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Monarch butterfly watch

Monarch butterflies are threatened by a loss of habitat, global climate change and other problems caused by man. These beautiful butterflies are fascinating to read about, especially their multi-generational migration.

Click here to read an article in the New York Times about a professor in Kansas who is monitoring the Monarch butterfly migration.

And here is a link to the Monarch Watch website.

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Why bird southeast Colorado?

From our high montane areas to the riparian areas along the Arkansas River as it exits Colorado, southeast Colorado offers birding opportunities for beginners to those serious birders who seek out the less common species. We have great shortgrass and sandsage prairie birding including public areas on the Comanche National Grasslands. We have wetlands including playa lakes (playas are important shallow, depressional wetlands that provide essential habitat for waterfowl and many other bird species). We have small lakes (such as Lake Cheraw north of La Junta)and large lakes (such as John Martin Reservoir that encompasses 35 square miles) that host an impressive diversity of bird species. And we have large expanses of pinyon-juniper woodlands with their special birding opportunities.

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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Monarch butterfly watch

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