Volunteer opportunity to tag monarch butterflies during their annual migration at Waterloo Park, with a presentation on migration and tagging techniques.
Waterloo Park is hosting monarch butterfly tagging on Monday, October 26, from 9 AM to 11 AM, as part of the park's annual monarch migration experience. It's one of two sessions they're running this month—the other is on Tuesday, October 20—so if Monday doesn't work, you've got a second chance. The park describes it as a chance to handle the butterflies as they pass through Austin on their way south.
Each morning starts with a brief presentation on monarch migration and the tagging techniques they'll be using. After that, the group moves to a designated tagging area where volunteers catch and mark their own monarchs. The data gathered from those tagged butterflies goes into scientific research that helps researchers track migration patterns and monitor the overall health of the population, so the work you do there actually feeds into a larger study.
It's aimed at nature enthusiasts aged 12 and up, and children 11 and under can take part as long as a parent or guardian is there with them. If you've never handled a butterfly before, the morning presentation covers exactly how to do it carefully.
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The sessions are at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas. The listing gives two addresses: 71 1/2 Trinity St, where you'll meet at Grandpa's Lakeview Terrace at the south end of The Confluence, and 1301 Trinity St, Lebermann Plaza. Both are in the same general area, so just keep that in mind when you're heading out. It runs from 9 AM to 11 AM on October 26.
