Date: 09/13/2012

Number: 90

I was devastated early last week to discover that the large field of red clover that had provided a large,rich source of nutriment for our Fluttery Friends for some time, had been mowed.

So I tried another place, an overgrown, abandoned pasture nearby, that had been a fruitful place for sightings in past years

... and found a Sweet Spot -- an open area providing a migration corridor, and rich in autumn asters just coming into bloom. The Monarchs were POURING through this corridor, filling up on nectar, and then continuing their astonishing flight south ... I find this so moving, so heroic.

Williston, VT

Latitude: 44.4 Longitude: -73.1

Observed by: Carol C
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