7/18/2022 Daily Journal Since the 2nd monarch caterpillar we've seen was hanging in the J on this plant yesterday, last night we left the GoPro out on Night Time Lapse all night taking a picture every 5 minutes. The battery died sometime in the morning, but we narrowed it … [Read more...]
Read all about the monarch butterfly population in our backyard
Finding Wildflowers
Steve has been checking out lots of wildflowers around and wanting to document them. Here's some of his recent finds and sightings (including a couple of bonus monarch caterpillar pics he took that I hadn't posted before). Some we've identified and some we have not. I'll try to … [Read more...]
Monarch Season Begins!
After last year's learning and successful raising of a monarch butterfly we have been anxiously awaiting seeing them back again! Last year we had 2 cultivated milkweed plants, a variety called "SoulMate". This spring, both came back, but one got damaged during an early spring … [Read more...]
A Monarch Story
I've gone remiss from blogging again! I haven't been putting out the bird cams and have had a pretty busy summer. I originally shared these stories and photos on my Facebook page and in text messages with my mom over a number of days/posts/comments and I wanted to consolidate and … [Read more...]