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It's getting to be very slim pickings for the remaining Monarchs. Frost, freezing temperatures, rain, gusty wind, lack of sunlight...and almost no flowers remaining to enjoy.

 

And yet they still manage to thrive. I presume that soon the last of these butterflies will head South.

 

(Nikon D300. 440mm. 1/400th @ f6.2. Shutter Priority. Photographed October 20.)

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Uploaded on October 28, 2009
Taken on October 28, 2009