Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Finally a Monarch Butterfly #WordlessWednesday

All summer I had not seen one Monarch butterfly.  Not one.

Each year, there seem to be fewer and fewer of them.

But, on Sunday, I finally saw one.  It wasn't close to me but I wasn't going to run after it.  That's why it seems so small.  There's only so much I can zoom in using my iPhone 13 mini.


Monarch on Milkweed.

Celebration, with a sigh of relief.

Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday.

17 comments:

  1. ...I have seen a few, but have never been able to photograph them.

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  2. It's worrying when you don't see familiar wildlife, or as much of it as you used to. It's a common refrain, I'm afraid.

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  3. T his is Birgit and yes! I have yet to see one and they were so plentiful. Have they found out why the monarch has diminished? I hope to see a few now.

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  4. I saw my first one on Monday. But only one.

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  5. Good capture :-)

    Have a flitterflattertastic week 👍

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  6. Here too. I haven't seen one yet this year.

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  7. A beautiful butterfly. Wow.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  8. Congrats! I have milkweed near my community garden plot, but I have also seen fewer monarchs this hear. Our garden is partnering with a butterfly group to try to improve that -- but only so much we can do with climate change.

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  9. Pretty photo, I found out Nicole Kidman has a phobia that she is afraid of butterflies. I love them. I do lots of trivia and I learn lots of funny things. Have a great week.

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  10. I've not seen one this year either, but then I didn't go out and look when they normally flit through. (We've always seen them in spring and fall, very rarely in summer.)

    Pris cilla King

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  11. Beautiful butterfly ~ nature's treasure ~ hugs,

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka ( A Creative Harbor)

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  12. I saw one just yesterday, first one in a while. They should be passing through on their way to Mexico soon.

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  13. Glad you finally spotted one. I don't know if I've seen any monarchs, but it seems like I've seen more butterflies this year than I normally do. And dragonflies. (And some different birds.)

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  14. haha I can see myself running after it (or something/somebody else) to get a shot. nice shot even without running.

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  15. When the kids were small, we often made a point to visit the portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway where the monarchs passed heading south. It's been quite a while since we've seen any. Good capture!

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