Monarch Migration Programs

Fall monarchs use the Texas coast as a fuel stop on a trip they have never flown before to Mexico. Scientists use numbered tags to track the journey. Join Aransas Pathways and the Aransas County History Center for a one-hour monarch tagging program in the Center’s certified waystation garden. Texas Master Naturalist D’Ann Williams will walk the labeled beds (host vs. nectar), show the life cycle, and tag a wild monarch if one is on the flowers — or practice the official Monarch Watch method on a sample Monarch if the sky is empty. Either way, you leave knowing how our coastal yard becomes part of their big migration. Two identical sessions — come to the one that fits your schedule: Friday, October 16 • 11:00 a.m. Sunday, October 25 • 2:00 p.m. History Center for Aransas County - 801 E. Cedar St., Rockport Questions: History Center, 361-727-9214 or theachistorycenter@gmail.com Partners: Aransas Pathways • History Center for Aransas County • Texas Master Naturalists, Mid-Coast Chapter