Date: 09/02/2018

Number: 1000

Ten years of work at Times Beach Nature Preserve, located in Buffalo New York, on the shorelines of the confluence of Lake Erie, the Niagara River, and the Buffalo River, pays big dividends this past labor day weekend. This is a historic migratory area, as the butterflies cross Lake Erie and the Niagara River, or come up the US shorelines and use this 55 acre island of green to rest and replenish. 10 years ago the Monarchs began a noticeable decline here. We have worked to protect and restore habitat here, including fall flowering native plants, and roosting habitat. Gradually, especially the past two years (2016-2017), we began to find more Monarchs here, both egg laying and migrating. This year is a banner year at this location.

Check out this You Tube video of the September 2, 2018 event.

https://youtu.be/JcbCCeFlEa0

More about Times Beach Nature Preserve: www.friendsoftimesbeachnp.org/

Buffalo, NY

Latitude: 42.9 Longitude: -78.9

Observed by: Jay
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