Date: 07/27/2014

Number: 1

I WAS COMING BACK FROM A WALK IN THE WOODS, WHEN I NOTICED A MONARCH PERCHED ON A ROCK ABOVE MY SISTER'S SMALL MAN MADE POND. HE APPEARED TO BE BASKING IN THE SUN. IN AWE, I OBSERVED HIM FOR A WHILE AND THEN WENT IN TO TELL FAMILY MEMBERS. WHEN THEY CAME OUT HE FLUTTERED AWAY. MY SISTER HAS TAKEN GREAT EFFORTS, WITH HER LANDSCAPING TO ATTRACT BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO FIND IT'S NICHE TUCKED INTO A NTURAL BACKGROUND.
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, A MONARCH SIGHTING IS DEEPLY MOVING. I'VE ALWAYS ASSOCIATED THEM WITH MY BROTHER WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE DAWN OF HIS ADULT YEARS. I FEEL THAT HE IS PRESENT. I HAVE SEEN VERY FEW ISOLATED SIGHTINGS THROUGHOUT NH, MASS., VT AND ME OVER THE LAST 5-10 YEARS.
KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORK AND I HOPE TO KEEP UP WITH MORE SIGHTINGS!

Freeport, ME

Latitude: 43.9 Longitude: -70.1

Observed by: Margaret
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