# @theoregonian on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdhSfYgk86a
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70834182-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-20T21:02:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

Butterfly benefactors gathered Thursday afternoon in southern Oregon’s Blue Heron Park to watch young western monarchs fitted with micro-transmitters fly away.

Supporters of Southern Oregon Monarch Advocates and others sponsored the $200 electronic tagging cost to provide scientists with information to guide conservation work to save butterflies as their populations decline.

Read more at the link in our bio.

📷: Janet Eastman

#monarchbutterflies #monarchbutterfly #westernmonarchbutterfly #butterflymigration #citizenscience #oregon #theoregonian

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monarchbutterfly, oregon, butterflymigration, westernmonarchbutterfly, theoregonian, monarchbutterflies, citizenscience

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