Butterflies....MONARCH....

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  1. Sherry8

    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    This summer was one of the best for me for watching and photographing butterflies...They aren't the easiest at times to photograph but this one was very cooperative.

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  2. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Beautiful pictures Sherry. I love sitting out in my backyard and watching the Swallowtails flit around. We were not on the direct Monarch migration path this year so didn't get to see very many.
     
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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Great photos Sherry! We had more Monarchs than usual this year and I managed to get a couple of good shots too.
     
  4. Sjoerd

    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    Those are very nice fotos of a monarch butterfly on a cosmea flower. I looked at those fro some time. Butterflies are attractive insects, aren't they? We don't have that many here, so it was a real treat to look at them.
    Thanks.
     



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  5. petunia

    petunia Young Pine

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    great piccies. I just planted some cosmos this past summer. In the early spring we had some yellow butterflies flying around. The monarchs didn't come till summer, but they're very pretty.
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Sherry those are excellent photographs. :-D I rarely manage to get decent piccies of butterflies as they tend to flit around the garden much to quickly for me to get good shots of them. :(
     
  7. Droopy

    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    Sherry I love your Monarchs. Butterflies are so nice to watch and difficult to photograph. We normally get Admirals in autumn, but not this year. Too wet and cold. They probably stayed at Sjoerd's...
     
  8. Palm Tree

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    Gosh those are beautiful Sherry
    Thanks for sharing your butterflies. :)
     
  9. Sjoerd

    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    Chuckle..... I heard that, Droopy!
     
  10. dirt2diamonds

    dirt2diamonds In Flower

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    Love the pics of nature
     

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