[Diana in Wisconsin]

It’s a good thing that you and I worry about the IMPORTANT THINGS in life! *HEART*

I love my Hummingbirds and I feed them copious amounts of sugar-water all summer and plant all of their favorite nectar-producing flowers in my garden each year.

How is the Monarch population by you? I don’t think I saw more than SIX all summer - and we have TONS of wild Milkweed and Butterfly weed growing for them all over the farm.

Two Yellow Swallowtails. Exactly, two! :(

[blam]

"How is the Monarch population by you?"

Monarchs look normal.

Female

[blam]

Fifteen years ago, I posted about hummingbirds:

Hummingbird Imposters (Mystery Solved)

Hummingbird Moths

[blam]

Saw this about the Monarchs:

Misplaced Monarchs: Clusters Of Butterflies Stuck Up North

"Scientists say tens of thousands of the butterflies are likely to be stranded far north of where they'd normally be this time of year because of the unusually warm weather and strong winds that have kept them from migrating south, said biologist Elizabeth Howard, director of the monarch tracking non-profit Journey North. "