Shakertown Monarch Butterfly Tagging
Sep 24, 2020 21:44:47 #
bluezzzzz wrote:
Now THAT is so cool!
I'm convinced that, with a bit of work and luck, you could contact a tagger, show them that photo, and they could give you all the data they have on that particular butterfly.
Marshall
I'm convinced that, with a bit of work and luck, you could contact a tagger, show them that photo, and they could give you all the data they have on that particular butterfly.
Marshall
I did report the sighting. They responded with their gratitude. I was happy that I could contribute.
Sep 25, 2020 15:34:25 #
Sep 25, 2020 16:07:20 #
rcarol wrote:
I did report the sighting. They responded with their gratitude. I was happy that I could contribute.
rcarol, I blew up your tag photo and spent a couple of hours in the weeds of TAG@KU.EDU last night. They have lists of recovered tags that people have sent in and the closest I got to yours was YAS539 and YAS929.
What I couldn't find on the website or on their spreadsheets was an explanation of the tag code and where that particular tag originated from.
One tidbit I picked up is that at some spot, I think in Mexico, natives are paid a bounty of about $5 per tag that they find and turn in.
Off topic, but the butterfly scene in the 1973 movie "Papillon," with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, is well worth hunting up and watching. Not Monarchs, but some species very blue, and rare.
Marshall
Sep 25, 2020 23:24:56 #
bluezzzzz wrote:
rcarol, I blew up your tag photo and spent a coupl... (show quote)
That's interesting. I looked at my email history and I found the email from Kansas University to me thanking me for my participation.
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