Sunrise Monarch Count Training with Richard Rachman and the Xerces Society

Theodore Payne Foundation inspires and educates Southern Californians about the beauty and ecological benefits of California native plant landscapes.We are located on 22 acres of canyon land in the northeast corner of the San Fernando Valley. Our full-service native plant nursery, seed room, book store, art gallery, demonstration gardens, and hiking trails are open to the public year round. We offer garden tours and classes for adults and families, as well as field trips to TPF and in-classroom programs for children. Friendly on-leash dogs are welcome and there is no admission charge!

Theodore Payne Foundation

Free training opportunity for those interested in learning how to count monarch butterflies

Rustic Canyon Recreation Center-Parking Lot

Western monarch butterflies are in trouble. These migratory monarchs have dropped from millions of individuals in the 1980s to just a few thousand in 2021. To keep tabs on how they are doing, we count migratory monarch butterflies that are “overwintering”, or spending the winter in groups on branches in trees, on the coast of California. Los Angeles County has over 25 sites where monarch butterflies cluster in groups on trees, most of the coastal cities in the county have sites. They survive through the Winter, occasionally feeding on nectar providing plants, waiting until Spring so they can find milkweed and lay their eggs for the next generation of butterflies.Want to learn how to help monitor migratory monarch butterflies?Join Richard Rachman, the Los Angeles County volunteer coordinator for the western monarch count, for a sunrise monarch count training. You will be trained on protocols, general ideas, and tips for monitoring migratory monarch butterflies. The goal is to get volunteers trained to be able to do the monarch count themselves. Starting at sunrise, you will need to bring binoculars and your cell phone. If you do not have binoculars, Nikon makes wonderful binoculars (Nikon Monarch Binoculars). What are the steps?Figure out which sites you would most likely be able to adopt to monitor:<a href="https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/volunteer/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/volunteer/ </a><a href="https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/map-of-overwintering-sites/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/map-of-overwintering-sites/</a>Sign-up for one of these workshops. You have these three events and locations to choose from: (see TPF's full Eventbrite page)-<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunrise-monarch-count-training-with-richard-rachman-and-the-xerces-society-tickets-431880214347">October 23rd Downtown Hermosa Beach, Pier Ave and Valley Dr, in front of the library </a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunrise-monarch-count-training-with-richard-rachman-and-the-xerces-society-tickets-431880214347"></a>-<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/441393980277">October 24th Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, Santa Monica, parking lot</a>-<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/441394832827">October 29th Trancas Canyon, Malibu, in the Trancas Country Market, parking lot</a> Please dress appropriately for weather, wear good walking shoes, and bring water. Download Survey 123 using the directions below:<a href="https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/survey-123/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.westernmonarchcount.org/survey-123/</a>We ask that you look through the online materials before joining the workshop. Detailed meetup instructions will be sent prior to meet up.

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