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Butterflies look like gentle creatures as they float through the air, but they are rugged world travelers. As fall begins with winter not too far away, find out where monarch butterflies migrate to from Ohio’s winters. Enjoy presentations with guest speaker Karen Oberhauser of the University of Minnesota, hikes, butterfly banding, a butterfly net tent, crafts, refreshments, and more. Get up-close and personal with these beautiful winged travelers!
Friday, September 12
7 – 8 p.m.
Dr. Karen Oberhauser’s lecture 7-8 p.m. (Science oriented)
Book signing, after presentation “Milkweed, Monarchs and More”
Karen Oberhauser has been studying monarch butterflies since 1984, and is the director of the Monarchs in the Classroom program and the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project, a nationwide citizen science effort. She is on the faculty in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota. Karen works with teachers and pre-college students in Minnesota and throughout the United States using monarchs and other insects to teach about biology, conservation, and the process of science. Over 500 citizen volunteers participate in the Monarch Larva Monitoring project. She and her graduate and undergraduate students have studied monarch reproduction, disease dynamics, over wintering biology, larval nutritional requirements, and larval ecology. Some of their more applied work has included responses to global climate change and risk assessments of the potential impacts of genetically modified corn and insecticides on monarchs.
Saturday September 13
1 – 5 p.m.
Auditorium – Dr. Karen Oberhauser’s lecture
1:30 – 2 p.m. and 3:30 – 4 p.m.
Book signing, after presentation “Milkweed, Monarchs and More”
(Family oriented)
Movie “On the Wings of Monarchs”
2:15 – 3 p.m. and 4:15 – 5 p.m.
Other activities:
Children can help create a “monarch tree” (Children will make miniature monarchs that can be placed on the trees in the Nature Education Building, so that it looks like one of the trees in Mexico covered with monarchs).
Butterfly tent (In the Nature Education Building holding live butterflies)
See live monarchs and caterpillars (The Monarch Larva Monitoring display)
Make a milkweed butterfly you can plant
Sign up to help put tags on migrating monarchs
Gardening for butterfly ideas
CALLING ALL KIDS 12 & UNDER
Color in the Monarch Butterfly and bring it to the Monarch Magic event and redeem your artwork at the nature center for a FREE pair of binoculars! Also, attached is a coupon to EarthWords Nature Shop to buy the new Cleveland Metroparks coloring book for ONLY $1.
Girl Scouts will be selling:
Ice Cream (Good Humor) $1.50
Chips (Shearer's) $0.75
Gourmet Cookies $0.75
Candy $0.75
Assorted Cold Beverages (Coke Products) $1
For more information, call 440-473-3370.
North Chagrin Nature Center is located off Buttermilk Falls Parkway, off the Sunset Lane entrance of North Chagrin Reservation, off SOM Center Road/Route 91 in Mayfield Village – south of the Rte. 90/Rte. 91 exit.
Proud Supporter of Cleveland Metroparks - Marriott
For discounted room rates at the event – log onto http://cwp.marriott.com/clecw/clevelandmetroparks/
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