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Be sure to plant species native to Wisconsin and Monarchs are in trouble Monitor owls and other birds at night! Bumble bees are important pollinators. to pick a mixture of plants that bloom from and need your help. Find a project at dnr.wi.gov/volunteer/ Follow these simple tips and your photos spring to fall. Here are some monarch favorites • The eastern monarch animals/Birds.html can be used to study and protect them! to get you started, listed by bloom times. population has declined Barn owl* — harsh, eerie “hissss” • Views of head, back and side are used MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER by nearly 90 percent Barred owl — “Who-cooks for you,” “whoo-awl” to identify species. over the last 20 years. Prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa) Boreal owl* — fast and stuttering toots, “whoo(p), • Views of the hind leg and rear of the

Butterfly milkweed(Asclepias tuberosa) • A major cause of whoo(p), whoo(p)” abdomen can identify sex. the decline is loss of Eastern screech owl — descending trill, horse whinny Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) milkweed, the host Submit your photos to the Great horned owl Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) plant for monarchs. — “Who’s awake, me too-too,” Wisconsin Bumble Bee Brigade at juveniles have a harsh scream similar to barn owls Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) • You can help by www.wiatri.net/inventory/bbb Great gray owl* — low, resonating and repeating Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) planting more native “hoo… hoo... hoo” Orange coneflower(Rudbeckia fulgida) milkweed and nectar plants on your Long-eared owl — deep, slow “whoo” Swamp milkweed HEAD (Asclepias incarnata) property. Even a few Northern hawk owl* — rapid, twirling and increasing Showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) milkweed stems can “tu-tu-tu-tu” ERY Showy blazing-star LL make a difference for Northern saw-whet owl — slow and steady “toot, (Liatris ligulistylis) HI AL monarchs! toot,” truck backing up New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) Short-eared owl+ — raspy, laughing duck Sweet black-eyed susan To learn more about how *Rare in Wisconsin (Rudbeckia subtomentosa) Wisconsinites are helping +Not rare, but seldom heard monarchs visit: wimonarchs.org For more BACK information GET INVOLVED! about where to find native seeds Learn how at in your area, visit: dnr.wi.gov, wimonarchs.org/ keyword habitat.cfm “volunteer” WATSON, DNR WATSON, Y A J

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