Tuesday: A day to: rejoice in wildlife.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we
can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday: Youffraita
Tuesday: ejoanna
Wednesday: Pam from Calif
Thursday: art ah zen
Friday: FloridaSNMOM
Saturday: FloridaSNDad
Sunday: loggersbrat
The annual return of the beautiful Monarch butterflies has been underway this late Fall—and the good news is that the population is up from last year.
Every year around this time Monarch butterflies from all over the Western US converge on the coastal regions of CA. Why? For a milder winter, of course.
Sadly, the numbers of the migration have dropped alarmingly in the last 20 years or so. Bad news.
But the at-least somewhat hopeful news is that this year the numbers are starting to climb back up. So, a ray of hope.
I have seen these migrants in the cypress woods in Monterey, CA. A lovely sight.
NPR reported on this hopeful news last month. Still, this is a population in trouble.
If you live in the Western US and want to know how to help this beautiful species, you can, easily. Plant native milkweed and native flowering plants in your garden.
For a full and compelling article on how to help save this species, go here.
Any wildlife migrations in your neck of the woods to report on? We’re all ears.