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Your Monarch Garden Help Our Monarchs Lend Us Your Ears Share Your Bumble Bee Photos START YOUR HELP lend share MONARCH OUR us your your bumble GARDEN MONARCHS ears bee photos 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 SIDE drive success for native species Purchase an eagle N, DNR o TS license plate a W Y a Visit dnr.wi.gov, S: J o Eastern screech owl T WATSON, DNR WATSON, o keywords “eagle plate” Y ERBERT LANGE ERBERT A J H PH Show us learn and amazing Create your report frog monarchs in habitAT for mussels calls wisconsin monarchs Native mussels filter our waters and are an Share what you hear by joining the Wisconsin • Monarch butterflies are in Wisconsin from No matter how much space you have, from important food source for other wildlife. Frog and Toad Survey at www.wiatri.net/ around late April through October. a tiny balcony to hundreds of acres, you can Follow these simple tips, and your photos inventory/frogtoadsurvey create habitat for monarchs. can be used to study and protect mussels! • Wood frog — “rut, rut,” lazy duck • They come to Wisconsin after previous • Boreal chorus frog — “creek,” comb generations spend the winter in Mexico. Some key considerations when thinking • Photograph the side of the mussel. about planting monarch habitat: • Spring peeper — “peeep” • When they are in Wisconsin, adult monarchs • Photograph the top of the mussel, with • Northern leopard frog — snore and grunts hinge pointing up. lay their eggs on milkweed, which is the only • Select a mixture of plants that will provide • Pickerel frog — soft, subtle snore plant monarch caterpillars can eat. constant sources of nectar from spring • If the mussel is dead, also photograph • American toad — long trill song, UFO through fall. the inside of the shell. • Gray treefrog — slow, musical trill Monarch butterfly life cycle Submit your photos to the Wisconsin • Cope’s gray treefrog — fast, high trill blast • Avoid pesticide use on or near monarch Mussel Monitoring Program at • Blanchard’s cricket frog — “chink,” steel marbles gardens. • Mink frog — “tok-tok,” hooves on cobble street www.wiatri.net/inventory/mussels • Choose plants that are native to Wisconsin. • Green frog — “gunk,” banjo twang See other side for recommendations. • American bullfrog — “nee-deep,” foghorn SIDE , DNR I k S Palo G Detach and save each panel for reference. and saveeach panel for Detach Blanchard’s cricket frog RI OR Ro H. When does each species call? nort TOP Y MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST OURNE Wood frog : J ource WATSON, DNR WATSON, S Boreal chorus frog Y A J Spring peeper JESSE WEINZINGER, DNR JESSE Northern leopard frog Learn more about monarchs at: Pickerel frog wimonarchs.org Return to nature American toad Watch your donations grow! Gift a portion of your tax return to Gray treefrog I Wisconsin’s Endangered Resources Fund. k Cope’s gray treefrog Every dollar donated to the Endangered Look for the “Donations” area on your Resources Fund is matched. Donate at WINS Blanchard’s cricket frog KA S Wisconsin income tax form. l dnr.wi.gov, keywords “ER Fund”. U a Mink frog P Green frog American bullfrog .
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