[CT Birds] The Year of the Monarch

[Joe Bear via CTBirds]

I, like so many others, have marveled at the butterfly show upon us. I picked a good year to create a new pollinator garden, so good I had trouble keeping leaves on several of my milkweed plants- I counted 13 monarch caterpillars on 1 butterfly weed.
For those who want to read a fun narrative, I attached a link from Bryan Pfeiffer who is a gifted writer, teacher, and accomplished naturalist/birder whom I see almost yearly on Monhegan Island.

https://bryanpfeiffer.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d757e0598a06a2f7d05ec7d&id=6553e61d1b&e=124cd20eac

Joe Bear
Wilton

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[Joe Bear via CTBirds]

Maybe a better link?

https://bryanpfeiffer.com/2019/09/25/the-monarch-monsoon/

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