Tuesday, October 23, 7 p.m.

2012: An Extraordinary Year in Butterflies! with Mike Reese

Meet in Madison at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Drive.

This presentation will be a retrospective and summary of the amazing sightings, and some of the most remarkable photographs, that Mike Reese's wisconsinbutterflies.org website received during 2012. Some species were unusually abundant while others were scarce. What southern strays turned up along Lake Superior? How did endangered species do this year? How did the unprecedented warm March affect butterflies? How did the severe drought affect our butterflies? What was being seen in butterfly gardens? Was 2012 a very good butterfly year?

Mostly yes! Mike Reese will provide the overview. Mike Reese receives reports on many thousands of butterflies and photos from all over the state at his award-winning website, wisconsinbutterflies.org, and scours the state to find and photograph Wisconsin butterflies.

Everyone is welcome to attend this free program. The meeting will last from 7 to 8:45 p.m. We will have displays, books, handouts and plenty of time afterward to enjoy refreshments, and talk with our speakers and other butterfly enthusiasts.

DIRECTIONS: On Madison's north side, from the intersection of Sherman Avenue and Northport Drive (= Hwy 113) go west on Northport Drive for about 1/4 mile, then turn south into Warner Park. Turn immediately right into the Community Center parking lot. When you enter the Community Recreation Center, we will be in the meeting room on the left.

Past Programs

April 25
Program: Boreal Butterflies of the Northern Great Lakes
with guest speaker Kyle Johnson, and Photo Show and Tell

7 p.m. in Madison at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Drive.

Kyle Johnson will discuss many seldom encountered northern butterflies of the northern Great Lakes region, especially peatland (bog and fen) species. The talk will cover detailed distribution, flight period, habitats, natural history, and good sites to visit. Join us for the latest insights into some of Wisconsin's most elusive and charismatic butterflies and exotic habitats.

Kyle has been passionate about the natural world his entire life, and has been researching butterflies, moths, and other insects since the age of five. His studies (including his Masters thesis) focus on distributions, habitats, natural history, and conservation of boreal species especially those of bogs and fens. Kyle is President of the Wisconsin Entomological Society.

Wednesday,

Photo Show and Tell
At the April Meeting, share some of your favorite butterfly, moth, caterpillar or dragonfly photos and enjoy the photos of others. You are welcome to briefly comment about your photos. Please email up to 8 digital photos (as file attachments) to Mike Reese at mikereese@wisconsinbutterflies.org Alternatively, you can bring digital photos to the meeting on a CD or USB flash drive.

Election of Officers. If you are interested in serving as an officer of SWBA for the next year, or would like to nominate someone else, contact the Nominating Committee Chairperson Tod Highsmith at (608) 242-1168 or at todhighsmith@me.com

Everyone is welcome to attend this free program. The meeting will last from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. We will have displays, books, handouts and plenty of time afterward to enjoy refreshments, and talk with our speakers and other butterfly enthusiasts.

DIRECTIONS: On Madison's north side, from the intersection of Sherman Avenue and Northport Drive (= Hwy 113) go west on Northport Drive for about 1/4 mile, then turn south into Warner Park. Turn immediately right into the Community Center parking lot. When you enter the Community Recreation Center, we will be in the meeting room on the left.
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Past Meetings:

April 25
Program: Boreal Butterflies of the Northern Great Lakes
with guest speaker Kyle Johnson, and Photo Show and Tell

7 p.m. in Madison at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Drive.

Kyle Johnson will discuss many seldom encountered northern butterflies of the northern Great Lakes region, especially peatland (bog and fen) species. The talk will cover detailed distribution, flight period, habitats, natural history, and good sites to visit. Join us for the latest insights into some of Wisconsin's most elusive and charismatic butterflies and exotic habitats.

Kyle has been passionate about the natural world his entire life, and has been researching butterflies, moths, and other insects since the age of five. His studies (including his Masters thesis) focus on distributions, habitats, natural history, and conservation of boreal species especially those of bogs and fens. Kyle is President of the Wisconsin Entomological Society.

November 3, 2011

Programs: 2011: The Year in Butterflies, speaker: Mike Reese

and Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, speaker: Karl Legler

November 3 (Thursday), 7 p.m.

Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Drive

The Year in Butterflies will be a half-hour presentation that is a retrospective and summary of the amazing sightings and some of the most remarkable photographs that wisconsinbutterflies.org received during 2011. Some species were unusually abundant while others were scarce (some populations "crashed"). What southern strays turned up along Lake Superior? How did endangered species do this year? What was being seen in butterfly gardens?  Was 2011 a very good butterfly year? Mike Reese will provide the overview. Mike receives reports on many thousands of butterflies and photos from all over the state at his award-winning website, wisconsinbutterflies.org, and scours the state to find and photograph Wisconsin butterflies.

Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley will be a half-hour presentation by Karl Legler on why this area has the most butterfly diversity in the United States, a survey of the butterflies that make up that diversity, resources that provide more details, butterfly hotspots, including the NABA National Butterfly Center, and the best time to go to Texas.  Handouts will be provided. Karl Legler is a long-time birder and butterflyer, author of Dragonflies of Wisconsin, and sometime visitor to Texas.

Everyone is welcome to attend this free program. The meeting will last from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. We will have displays, books, handouts and plenty of time afterwards to enjoy snacks and refreshments, and talk with our speakers and other butterfly enthusiasts.

Directions:  On Madison’s north side, from the intersection of Sherman Avenue and Northport Drive (= Hwy 113) go west on Northport Drive for about 1/4 mile, then turn south into Warner Park. Turn immediately right into the Community Center parking lot. When you enter the Community Recreation Center, we will be in the meeting room on the left.