Only one monarch all summer now, within an hr., I've seen 6 They appear
to be darker in color than I recall so does that mean they are this summer's
hatch? All in a S-SW flight. Beautiful, thrilling, rewarding sight!
Need to go to Seneca Meadows!
Coming down from the garden a few minutes
Well I am going to report a very neat hummingbird sighting from Saturday. I
don't go h bird feeders as I worry that I won't maintain them well. So I just
hope that my garden's flowers help them out a little. But all this summer we
have been entertained by both adult and juvenile Yellow-bellied
Color of monarchs triggered memory of a paper I just saw:
1.
Title: Forewing pigmentation predicts migration distance in wild-caught
migratory monarch butterflies
Author(s): Hanley, Daniel; Miller, Nathan G.; Flockhart, D. T. Tyler; et al.
Source: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY Volume: 24 Issue: 5
