Date: 10/10/2016

Number: 8

Today, in honor of Columbus, I released my last Eager Eight monarchs for 2016. I had to keep them indoors for one extra day as the remnants of Hurricane Mathew pounded northern New Jersey with heavy rains and winds. At 9:43am I took out my holding cage and hung it up in the Sunlight before the release. I gently placed each monarch (1 female & 7 males) on a buddleia flower to get some fuel before heading south to Mexico!!! It was 50 degrees so each one hung out for awhile soaking up the heat and sipping nectar. All eight decorated my butterfly bush for a good half hour for my personal enjoyment! Eventually they all flitted away ending this year's monarch raising season.

Paramus, NJ

Latitude: 40.9 Longitude: -74.1

Observed by: Linda
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