Salisbury, Ma butterflies, 10/15/18

[Lucy Merrill-Hills]

Hi, 

Today I drove to Salisbury Beach State Reservation, despite the poor weather forecast, as a friend who lives in the area has been seeing Monarchs clustering on the branches of some evergreens at the reservation for the past week or so. This morning he counted 45 Monarchs. I was there at 1:30PM, after most of the Monarchs had continued on their migration route, but still counted 15 Monarchs in one evergreen tree. I was very excited to see my first Monarch cluster, and will be going back soon.

Overcast, then rain, 58 degrees.

Lucy Merrill-Hills

Roslindale, Ma