On May 2, 2012, at 11:39 AM, John Mickelson wrote:
Wondering what folks thoughts are re: the extent to which cemeteries (and, to a lesser extent: ball fields, play grounds, golf courses etc...) "really" serve as habitat.
Along the California coast, native monarch butterflies routinely use cemetery and golf course fairway trees as overwintering cluster sites: San Luis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, Calif. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrEBTFAlEdw Monarch Bay Golf Course, San Leandro, Calif. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77NIWVT9fHA Morro Bay State Park Golf Course, Morro Bay, Calif. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX70cjtX29k Chuck Corica Golf Course, Alameda, Calif. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdLm-Gr5A9E Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.