sallyg said:oh, thanks Muddy and David, we found one or two of those as well! Maybe they liked my tall white Nicotiana, and Moonflowers.
My friend went walking Sunday at Greenbury (berry?) Point outside Annapolis near Severn RIver and the bay. Dozens of monarchs!
Sally, Igo there all the time. Always see Monarchs. Confirms that many Monarchs are traveling more inland than coastal because of wind/weather patterns. Lots of people walk their dogs there. Area being restored to natural/native.
https://www.wind-watch.org/new...
"Greenbury Point is in a unique spot on the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Flyway.
“It’s a bottleneck for migrants,” explained Colin Rees, past president of the bird club. “There’s always something coming or going.”
As birds head north or south at different times of the year, many stop at or fly over Greenbury Point along the way.
That means that the makeup of the birding population changes, depending on the time of year." "
Members of the bird club led The Capital on a two-hour walk at Greenbury last weekend, pointing out a red-eyed virio, killdeer, a Cooper’s hawk, ospreys, indigo buntings and blue jays." ... there were plenty of butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, a praying mantis and critter tracks in the mud to check out."
Butterflies I have seen: Monarchs, skippers (silver spot plus 4-5 others), sulfurs, buckeyes, swallowtails including giant, azures, frittilaries, mourning cloak... tussock and sphinx moths, cabbage whites
Would love to meet up for a walk there sometime!
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