Date: 05/03/2015

Number: 1

On May 3/2015, I observed two little milkweeds shoots the first to appear in my flowerbed...I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba and every year I watch for those first tiny shoots peeking out of the ground in the front yard of my apartment building. I've been doing the development of the Monarch Butterfly since 1999 with school kids and children in my neighborhood, Mothers, Dads, Grandparents; anyone who is interested. Children stay around for awhile having fun with the little caterpillars and then they go off to play. Adults they stick around a little longer, observing and asking questions and always coming back to look for eggs on the milkweed. Later it's maybe to have a glimpse of a chrysalis under a leaf or even to watch the beautiful Monarchs laying on Milkweed flowers!...and even though in the last few years their have been far and few Monarchs passing through our Prairie Provinces, yes we are always so very hopeful of their return to our land here in Manitoba and we look forward to their wonderful sight during our ever so short summer days. We are so happy when we first see them here and glad to welcome their wonderful and colorful presence in this incredible journey back to North America and even so to our Beautiful country of Canada!
I thank God everyday for his beautiful creation "The Monarch Butterfly!"... Louisa from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Winnipeg, MB

Latitude: 49.9 Longitude: -97.1

Observed by: Louisa
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