Posted with the permission of the ONTBIRDS coordinator Journey North 2006
Over 17,000 classrooms representing more than 440,000 students are participating in the 2006 Journey North Program. These students are from 55 U.S. States and 7 Canadian Provinces. The journeys of a dozen migratory species are tracked each spring. Students are linked with scientists who provide their expertise directly to the classroom. Several migrations are tracked by satellite telemetry, providing live coverage of individual animals as they migration. As the spring season sweeps across the Hemisphere, students note changes in daylight, temperatures and all living things as the food chain comes back to life. Journey North is a free online educational service, established in 1991. We invite your active participation by sharing your observations! Please go to: www.learner.org/jnorth. After registering your e-mail address, you can report your observations directly to Journey North on the form provided on the following target species or phenomenon: Oriole (FIRST Nest-building), Red-winged Blackbird(FIRST), Frog (First HEARD singing), Robin (First SEEN), Hummingbird (FIRST Ruby-throated), Robin (WAVE seen), Oriole (FIRST Baltimore), Robin (First HEARD singing), Barn Swallow (FIRST sighted), Common Loon (FIRST sighted), Milkweed (FIRST Leaves), Monarch Butterfly Adult (FIRST sighted), Monarch Larva (FIRST sighted), Monarch Egg (FIRST sighted), Migrating monarch butterflies have reached Illinois, Ohio and southern Pennsylvania, and should be reaching Ontario by mid May. Thank you
