SWBA's next meeting will be in the fall of 2008.
Past Meetings:
Tuesday, April 8, 7 p.m., Middleton Public Library, Annual Meeting
Photo Show and Tell. Share some of your favorite butterfly or caterpillar photos. Details below. Online Butterfly Identification.
Mike Reese, one of Wisconsin’s top
butterfly experts, will present an update on the
status of his exciting project to create an
interactive online butterfly identification class.
Everyone attending the meeting will receive a 2007 Seasonal Summary of Wisconsin Butterflies, an invaluable guide for deciding where and when to go butterflying.
Photo Show and Tell Details. You are welcome to briefly
talk about your photos. Please feel free to bring
butterfly photos you wish help with identifying. Please email up to 10 photos (TIF or JPG, 1024 x 768
pixels or they will be resized for you) to Mike Reese
at mikereese@wisconsinbutterflies.org by April 1. Or
bring digital photos to the meeting either on a CD or
USB flash drive. Slides or prints are welcome as well.
We will have a brief business meeting, and will
elect officers.
Where is the Middleton Library? See map to library:
http://www.midlibrary.org/library/contactus.asp#r
Parking is available in the library parking lot, and
on the street. From the library lobby take stairs or
elevator down to the community meeting room.
MEETING CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER. PLAN TO RESCHEDLE FOR LATER THIS YEAR.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 7 p.m., Middleton Public Library
Conservation of the Swamp Metalmark Butterfly
by Susan Borkin
The Swamp Metalmark butterfly is listed as an endangered species in Wisconsin. Susan will present an overview of her research on the natural history of this tiny and rare butterfly here in Wisconsin and preliminary efforts to reintroduce it. She will also discuss various elements that are important for the conservation of this species throughout its range.
Susan Borkin has worked at the Milwaukee Public Museum since 1975, and is responsible for the curation of the museum's insect collections and operation of the Puelicher Butterfly Wing and Bugs Alive! exhibits that feature live butterflies and arthropods from around the world. Her current research focuses on conservation of two of Wisconsin's endangered butterflies, the Swamp Metalmark and Poweshiek Skipperling. She also enjoys butterfly gardening in her spare time.
Directions to the library can be found at: http://www.midlibrary.org/library/contactus.asp#r
ANNUAL MEETING, Sat. April 28, 10 a.m. Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N. High Point Road, Madison (see map)
Our first annual meeting will feature Dorothy Legler,
an avid butterfly watcher and gardener, who will share
tips on Butterfly Gardening. Butterflies are a
splendid addition to any garden. Dorothy will show
slides of Wisconsin butterflies and the plants they
utilize. She will also discuss nectar and host plants,
butterfly behavior, and provide ideas for attracting
butterflies to your yard.
FEBRUARY
Saturday, February 17, 2007, 10 a.m., Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N. High Point Road, Madison (see map)
The Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network: A Model for Citizen Science
Speaker: Doug Taron, PhD, curator of biology at the Chicago Academy of Sciences
Doug will discuss the history of the monitoring network, how it operates, the rationale for forming the network and for choosing butterflies as a study group, as well as some results.
Doug, who earned his PhD from Northwestern University, is also director of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network (IBMN). IBMN monitors the health of butterfly populations throughout northeastern and central Illinois. As curator for CAS, Doug is responsible for all living organisms inside and on the grounds of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. He directs an in-house butterfly breeding program to rear representative Illinois butterflies and researches the conservation biology of prairie butterflies in Illinois.
The Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network has scheduled a butterfly monitoring workshop for the following Sat., Feb. 24, in Elgin, IL. SWBA members are welcome to attend. For more information, see http://www.bfly.org
OCTOBER
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m., Middleton Public Library.
"Butterfly Monitoring and Conservation Successes in Wisconsin" by Ann Swengel
Ann and her husband Scott have conducted monitoring surveys of butterflies at the same prairie and barren sites from the early 1990s to present. Ann will share some good news on conservation developments in Wisconsin for rare butterflies, and show lots of colorful slides of regional butterflies from all habitats, including bogs.
Ann and her husband Scott's research on monitoring and conservation of prairie and barrens butterflies, owls, and grassland birds has been published in numerous scientific articles. She was vice president of NABA from 1992-2003 and international editor or co-editor of the NABA Butterfly Counts from 1991-early 2005. Ann is currently coordinator of NABA's Program for Butterfly Gardens and Habitats and is a regular columnist in NABA's magazine, American Butterflies.
Directions to the library can be found at: http://www.midlibrary.org/library/contactus.asp#r