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Monarch Monitoring Project BLOG (updated almost daily in Sept & Oct).

Follow the Cape May Bird Observatory’s “Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project” at these 3 sites (click on the underlined text / link to reach these sites): If you would like to keep your finger on the pulse and not miss a big movement of Monarchs at Cape May or an evening roost (or soon-after-dawn departure from that roost), here are a few tips. Peter’s By the Sea Church in Cape May Point (10-1-17) Last fall (9-30-17 at 8:00 a.m.), a roost site in the early morning before the Monarchs warmed up enough to take off and continue their migration One of the gatherings LAST FALL at a Monarch roost site at the dune crossover by St. You can view them that evening or early the next morning before the sun hits them and warms them up enough to take off and continue their migration. Sometimes on a good flight day, when 100s or 1000s of Monarchs are being blown out to the coast and south to Cape May Point, by late afternoon (2:30 or 3 p.m.) they begin to gather in sheltered spots, where they will spend the night communally. Peter’s By the Sea Church at the intersection of Ocean and Harvard Avenues in Cape May Point is often good. Some of these roost sites are used fall after fall. Some falls I and others have enjoyed seeing 100s (some years 1000s) of Monarchs roosting together in the dunes at Cape May Point or in trees in certain yards. Late-flowering Thoroughwort in a garden on Alexander Avenue in Cape May Point yesterday (9-25-18) with 50 nectaring Monarchs! A close up of some of the nectaring Monarchs yesterday (9-25-18) on Late-flowering Thoroughwort One garden on Alexander Avenue in Cape May Point had 50 nectaring Monarchs on a breathtaking stand of Late-flowering Thoroughwort.

Despite heavy rain to the north and the west, the sun came out in Cape May and the Monarchs were nectaring in force. Clay and I played hooky yesterday and walked some of our favorite spots on The Point (the southern tip of NJ): South Cape May Meadows, Cape May Point State Park, Triangle Park in the town of Cape May Point, and the streets of Cape May Point. If yesterday (September 25) was an indicator, I think we’re in for a treat. We’re all hoping that this will be a magical fall at Cape May for Monarch migration. Lesson: Plant More Milkweed!!!Īfterwards, I was away for a week over Labor Day running 2 butterfly counts in South Carolina (the 26th year I’ve run these counts), and when I returned the Monarch caterpillars in my garden had disappeared, hopefully to safe places where they went into their chrysalis stage. I heard from many gardeners who had planted only a few milkweed plants and were unprepared for the bounty of Monarch caterpillars. Luckily I have a robust stand of Common Milkweed and was able to move many of the still-hungry caterpillars to that stand.

I had so many Monarch caterpillars in my various patches of Milkweed (Butterfly Weed, Swamp Milkweed, and Tropical Milkweed) in August that they stripped some of it bare.

Magic flowers play 2018 cape may Patch#

The Parade is sponsored by the City of Cape May, the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May and the Mid Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities (Cape May MAC).įor more information call the City of Cape May Department of Tourism, Recreation and Civic Affairs at (609) 884-9565.Hi Gang, Moving Monarch cats from stripped milkweed in my front yard garden to my still-leafy patch of Swamp Milkweed in my backyard garden (8-26-18) Prizes will be awarded to all divisions at the conclusion of the parade at the Emlen Physick Estate. Divisions are as follows: 3 and under, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-17, 18 and older, Groups and Floats.

on the corner of Perry Street and the Washington Street Mall.

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Parade registration is free and begins at 1:30 p.m.

The Parade route begins at Perry Street and Carpenter Lane, proceeds down Carpenter Lane to Ocean Street, travels down Washington Street and ends at the Emlen Physick Estate located at 1048 Washington Street. Prior to the parade, trick or treating on the Washington Street Mall will be held from Noon to 2 p.m., which is sponsored by the Small Businesses of the Washington Street Mall. Cape May’s annual Halloween Parade is scheduled for Sunday, October 21, 2018.