Weekly Wrap-up: August 17 - 23, 2018 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region

Weekly Wrap-up: August 17 - 23, 2018

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White squirrels

Monarch migration

Cooper's hawks

Fox identification tips

Munching milkweed

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Monarch migration

Monarch butterflies are on the move! Have you spotted any heading south? If you’re lucky, you might spot a group roosting for the evening. pic.twitter.com/fummrNxua3
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 22, 2018

Munching milkweed

Monarch caterpillars love milkweed and sometimes they’ll even eat the seed pods! We spotted this one snacking on a small pod, eventually finishing the entire thing. pic.twitter.com/fSiktcxvfp
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 20, 2018

Fox indentification tips

Fox coloring can vary greatly, sometimes making it tricky to tell a gray and red fox apart. One quick trick is to look at the tip of the tail. Gray fox will have a black tip while red fox will have a white tip! pic.twitter.com/xpvupcEPG2
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 19, 2018

Pollinator favorites

What a cool sight! An endangered rusty patched bumble bee shares anise hyssop with a monarch butterfly. Photo courtesy of Lisa Nordstrom Kuck. pic.twitter.com/9M33ZCNKN7
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 17, 2018

Spider snacks

Dinner is served! House wrens eat a wide variety of spiders and insects. We spotted this one bringing a spider back to its nestlings. pic.twitter.com/QfcIpJggvk
— USFWS Midwest Region (@USFWSMidwest) August 21, 2018

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Fox identification tips

Trying tell a gray and red fox apart? One quick trick is to look at the tip of the tail. Gray fox will have a black tip while red fox will have a white tip! 📸 by Tammy Mealman/USFWS. #nature #wildlife #fox

A post shared by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (@usfws) on Aug 19, 2018 at 12:42pm PDT

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