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Winter Gardening Tips

Winter Gardening Tips By Kristal Stahler Are you a restless winter gardener? It can be difficult to sit back and wait when it comes to your garden, but your winter garden often needs very little intervention! Luckily, there are some tasks you can tackle now if you can brave the…...

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Infection in Monarchs (O.e.) Migrating through Cape May Point, NJ

Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (O.e.) Infection in Monarchs Migrating through Cape May Point, NJ By Gayle Steffy, 2024 MMP Field Naturalist Ophryocystis elektroscirrha.  (O.e.) is a parasitic single celled organism known as a protozoan that infects monarch butterflies.  It is transferred from an infected adult monarch to a caterpillar by spores that…...

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Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project Annual Report 2024

By Anna Haggenjos and Gayle Steffy Project Overview The Monarch Monitoring Project (MMP) was founded in 1990 by naturalist Dick Walton and Dr. Lincoln Brower. This project, under New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory, seeks to better understand the fall migration of monarch butterflies through Cape May Point and…...

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Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project End of Season Blog Post 2023

By Anna Haggenjos and Maya Clark Research The Project:  The Monarch Monitoring Project, under New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory, seeks to increase our understanding of butterflies and their migration, promote the conservation of monarch butterflies, and educate the public. The project was founded by wildlife enthusiast, Dick Walton,…...

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