April 16, 2013

Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Drive.

Program - Landscaping for Butterflies and other Wildlife presented by Larry and Emily Scheunemann
A 30-minute program about the landscaping of 18 acres of Conservation Reserve Program land (CRP), restored prairie and the creation of a Monarch Waystation. (Tagged Monarchs were recovered in Mexico!) 

Program - Dragonflies of Wisconsin presented by Karl Legler A 30-minute program. The 116 Dragonflies of Wisconsin are immensely appealing with their gigantic eyes, intricately veined wings, and beautifully colorful bodies. Dragonflies zip along with the high-speed flight of an acrobatic aerialist, have an insatiable appetite for other flying insects, and have a truly fascinating sex life! We will highlight some of the most interesting species in the state.

Program - Photo Show and Tell 
        
Election of Officers: President - Doug Buege, VP - Karl Legler, Secretary - Dorothy Legler, Treasurer - Ginny Nelson.

October 23, 2012

Program - 2012 An Extraordinary Year in Butterflies! with Mike Reese

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?

April 25, 2012

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

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  
-2011The Year in Butterflies,  speaker: Mike Reese
-Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, speaker: Karl Legler

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.

April 25, 2011

Programs 
-Boreal Butterflies of the Northern Great Lakes with guest speaker Kyle Johnson
-Photo Show and Tell

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.