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I am starting the day off with a quote from the movie Field of Dreams "If you build it, they will come." Of course, in the movie, they were talking about a baseball field. I on the other hand am talking about a butterfly habitat.
I have been out counting birds this weekend for the GBBC (Great backyard bird count). I know that there wouldn't be near as many varieties of birds in the yard if it were not for all of the butterflies. I will talk about the birds in another post after I tally the official count.
In the meantime, butterflies are on my mind. There were nine monarchs, two orange barred sulfurs, one spicebush, one goldrim, one gulf fritillary, two zebra longwings, two tiger swallowtails, and a giant in the yard yesterday. The monarchs were the only ones cooperating for photos. The others didn't stop even for a second.
I have started raising monarchs already this year. I have several in the chrysalis stage and a few in protective custody munching away on milkweed. Also, in protective custody, there are several goldrims and a few pipevine chrysalides that overwintered. I expect they will emerge any day now.
I hope you have a magical day, happy snapping everyone.
Butterfly beauty DSC_3648
I am starting the day off with a quote from the movie Field of Dreams "If you build it, they will come." Of course, in the movie, they were talking about a baseball field. I on the other hand am talking about a butterfly habitat.
I have been out counting birds this weekend for the GBBC (Great backyard bird count). I know that there wouldn't be near as many varieties of birds in the yard if it were not for all of the butterflies. I will talk about the birds in another post after I tally the official count.
In the meantime, butterflies are on my mind. There were nine monarchs, two orange barred sulfurs, one spicebush, one goldrim, one gulf fritillary, two zebra longwings, two tiger swallowtails, and a giant in the yard yesterday. The monarchs were the only ones cooperating for photos. The others didn't stop even for a second.
I have started raising monarchs already this year. I have several in the chrysalis stage and a few in protective custody munching away on milkweed. Also, in protective custody, there are several goldrims and a few pipevine chrysalides that overwintered. I expect they will emerge any day now.
I hope you have a magical day, happy snapping everyone.