Oct One - Vii Monarch Scout At Hackberry Apartment Center

Join the Wildlife Department Oct. 1-7 to tag monarchs in addition to sentinel them roost.

 More information at http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/calendar/monarch-watch-day-night-hackberry-flat-wildlife-management-area?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

 

Having problem viewing this email? View it every bit a Web page. Sept. 22, 2017 Monarch butterflies volition hold upwards tagged at Hackberry Flat WMA during their autumn migration. (Jena Donnell/ODWC) Annual Monarch Watch at Hackberry Flat Center The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation volition host a Monarch Butterfly Watch the root calendar week inwards Oct at the Hackberry Flat Center close Frederick. “We’ll hold upwards tagging monarchs inwards the mornings in addition to watching them dice to roost inwards a stand upwards of soapberry trees inwards the evenings,” said Melynda Hickman, biologist for the Wildlife Department. The Monarch Butterfly Watch is a gratis number in addition to registration is non required. Morning Tagging:  Oct 1, 2, 3, in addition to 7 After a brief tidings of butterfly basics, monarchs collected from the expanse volition hold upwards tagged every bit a group. Meet at the Hackberry Flat Center past times nine a.m. for this hands-on activity.  Evening Roost Watch:  Oct 1, 2, 3, in addition to 6 An opened upwards air trailer volition accept visitors to a longtime monarch roost site inside the administration area. Meet at the Hackberry Flat Center past times 6:30 p.m. Bring a collapsible chair in addition to lite jacket for your comfort; activeness ends at 8 p.m.  “Hackberry Flat has so much to offer,” Hickman said. “We’re excited to hold upwards able to percentage this sense amongst butterfly in addition to wild animals enthusiasts from across the state.” Both morn in addition to eve activities volition hold upwards held regardless of conditions conditions, simply morn tagging activities volition hold upwards express to the number of butterflies available at the roost site. “So many things tin touching on their migration,” Hickman said. “Changes inwards air current speeds, air current direction, conditions fronts in addition to potential storms tin all touching on how many butterflies volition hold upwards at Hackberry Flat during the event.” Participants tin contact Hickman i to 2 days earlier their planned arrival to banking concern fit on the progress of the migration at Hackberry Flat WMA. To larn to Hackberry Flat Center, from the southward side of Frederick, accept U.S.A. 183 southward for i mile, in addition to so dice due east on Airport Road for 3 miles. Follow the blacktop route southward in addition to dice along vi miles. Watch for signs to the Center. Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area offers 7,120-acres of wild animals recreational opportunities. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, along amongst many conservation-minded partners, restored this legendary wetland, creating a vast mosaic of wetland habitats for prairie waterfowl, shorebirds in addition to other wetland-dependent birds. Upland areas of native sunflowers in addition to cultivated fields interspersed amongst mesquite stimulate got dice i of the state’s premier dove-hunting destinations. Open for scheduled events, the Hackberry Flat Center offers interpretive guidance for wild animals enthusiasts, students in addition to educators. For to a greater extent than information, log on to wildlifedepartment.com. Participants of these programs are exempt from needing a Wildlife Conservation Passport or valid hunting or line-fishing license piece on Hackberry Flat WMA. For to a greater extent than information nearly this event, or other programs held at Hackberry Flat Center, contact Hickman at melynda.hickman@odwc.ok.gov or past times calling (450) 990-4977. Monarchs Tagged at Hackberry Flat Found inwards Mexico “Visitors in addition to schoolhouse groups tagged 476 monarchs every bit piece of occupation of Hackberry Flat Center’s 2016 Monarch Watch,” Hickman said. “This March, 3 of those tags were flora to a greater extent than than 1,200 miles away inwards the El Rosario Sanctuary inwards Michoacán, Mexico.” “It’s amazing to know the butterflies nosotros saw inwards southwestern Oklahoma made it all the means to Mexico,” Hickman said.   #  #  # NEWS CONTACTS: Jena Donnell (jena.donnell@odwc.ok.gov) or Micah Holmes (micah.holmes@odwc.ok.gov) Website: wildlifedepartment.com   Telephone: (405) 521-4632   CLICK HERE to subscribe to Outdoor Oklahoma magazine. Only $10 per year! 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