The Massac Nature Study Society will meet on Saturday, September 21, at 9 a.m., at the Cache River Wetlands Center.   We will meet in front of the building, then walk along the trail near the slough, looking for warblers and other birds.  We will also attend the 10 o’clock program on Monarch Butterfly Migration, followed by lunch at Los Marias (optional).   Anyone with an interest in nature is invited to attend this free event.

 Here is information about the monarch program from Molie Oliver at the Wetlands Center.  “Each year the fourth generation of the magnificent monarch butterfly migrates up to 2,500 miles from North America to central Mexico for the winter.  Monarch Watch Association a citizen science project has been tagging and monitoring migrating monarchs since 1992. Join us at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 21, Cache River State Natural Area, Cache River Wetlands Center for a presentation by Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Pringle, Tuscola, IL, on natural history of monarchs, and then spend the rest of the day capturing, identifying, tagging monarch butterflies for Monarch Watch, and releasing butterflies.   Visitors may borrow nets to capture and tag monarchs for Monarch Watch during hours of operation, Wednesday-Sunday, into October.”