[TN-Bird] Re: butterfly numbers
- From: Rebecca <shelcove@xxxxxxx>
- To: davidbcoe@xxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:50:20 -0400 (EDT)
We live in a remote area of Houston County that has never been ploughed and
rarely logged. Ordinarily we have an enormous abundance - in the hundreds - of
swallowtail butterflies (they like the button bushes on Caney Branch.) This
year the numbers crashed. I doubt I've seen half a dozen all summer.
Rebecca Stevens
White Oak Bay, Kentucky Lake
Houston County
-----Original Message-----
From: David Coe <davidbcoe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 7:27 pm
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: butterfly numbers
I run the butterfly count in Sewanee, TN. We almost never have Monarchs on our
count (too early up here on the plateau), and didn't again this year. Overall,
our numbers on all large species were down, probably due to drought and high
temps at the time of the count. I have seen a few Monarchs around in the
latter half of the summer; not a lot, but some.
*****
David B. Coe
www.DavidBCoe.com
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On Aug 29, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Reese, Carol wrote:
Not sure if the butterfly count has been done already this year, but have been
contacted to find out if there are fewer monarchs this year. It made me realize
that I cannot recall seeing any, and we usually have quite a few in our display
gardens. Anyone have any real numbers?
"There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot."
— Aldo Leopold
Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
University of Tennessee Extension Service
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson TN 38301
731 425 4767 email jreese5@xxxxxxx
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