Date: 10/22/2020

Number: 1

This is my first sighting of a monarch butterfly since buying my 7.76 acres of property in 2001. This was a very exciting event for me! My home and property actually sit in Cullowhee,NC,but the mailing address is Sylva,NC due to the US Mail delivery route not delivering on unpaved roads.

I planted milkweed, bee balm, butterfly bushes, wildflowers and other flowering shrubs after getting the CO to move into my home on Sept. 17, 2003. I have seen hummingbirds and many other types of pollenators every year. But this is the first time I ever saw a monarch butterfly and I have been watching for them every year. All I saw was the one, but I am hoping there are more around. Really hoping this means that they will begin showing up here on a regular basis next spring!

Happy that I just discovered this site to view other sightings as well as to report my own of the monarch, hummingbirds,and any other wildlife for research purposes.

Sylva, NC

Latitude: 35.4 Longitude: -83.1

Observed by: George-Anna
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