Latham Park

05/13/2026

04/18/2026

Coming to your town soon…

The monarch butterfly migration continues to march north, with sightings reaching Iowa and Nebraska in recent days.

Our first photos of monarchs came in on April 15 from both states. Last year, Iowa's first photo came in on April 21, while Nebraska's was on May 19. In 2024, both states had their first photos submitted on April 30.

In 2023, we had an earlier sighting in Nebraska, one of only two years from the past two decades with an earlier report than April 15 in the Cornhusker State.

When you see a monarch this spring, don't forget to report it to Journey North!

04/16/2026

⚡️🌺 BREAKING NEWS! 🌺 1ST SIGHTING IN CANADA 🇨🇦ONTARIO SOUTHERN. 🌺 (April 15)
🌿Time to put your Feeders out if you live in or near these States.
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🆕 APRIL 15 > 2 were spotted in Southern Ontario. By Kari Berreth
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🌺 TRACK HUMMERS & VIEW SIGHTINGS HERE:
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04/16/2026

Save the dates!!

04/15/2026

See you Saturday!!

04/06/2026

Here we go…

MW024 was detected in Oklahoma on Friday! She's the second radio-tagged monarch to reach Oklahoma, following ROS032 (a male) that reached Oklahoma on March 25 but hasn’t been detected since then.

MW024 was last detected on March 30 near Abilene, Texas, and traveled 176 miles with no detections. If you look at the right graphic on today's post, you'll notice that she was last detected in a wind farm.

We originally radio-tagged MW024 on September 27, 2025, in Lawrence, Kansas. Since then, she made it down to the overwintering sites in central Mexico and is now journeying back north.

There have also been some directional movements over the past couple days at the overwintering sanctuaries in Mexico, including monarchs ALB004 and ALB007 (both females tagged at the Albarranes colony on February 20) and LPM097 (a female released at Long Point in Ontario on September 29, 2025).

It'll be interesting to see whether there will continue to be more directional movement! It's not too late to download the Project Monarch Science app and follow along with the spring migration - the app is available to download for free on your mobile device's app store.

03/19/2026

Thank you to Southdale Nursery and The Friends of Latham Park in potting up the 2026 elephant ear and cannas lily bulbs early so we can enjoy them sooner.
Pictured:
Deb, Karen, Mary, Judie, David, Jess and Sue. Last but not least, Junior Gardener of many years- Miss Ellie.