[Magdalen] Monterey fire?

[Marion Thompson]

I have not seen them in those quantities for decades!  It is a treat to 
see one, maybe two, all season!  I have a big patch of sun-bathed 
milkweed by my house at the rough end of my Lane -- I've seen exactly one.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 9/22/2015 12:51 PM, ME Michaud wrote:
> bejillions here (Misquamicut, Westerly & Watch Hill, Rhode Island), more
> than we could count on Sunday, a warm mild day with a slight northeast
> breeze.
>
> http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/monarch_all_fall2015.html
>
> In the sudden nightfall of Autumn
> they congregate by the hundreds
> in mature trees here and in Southern Connecticut,
> waiting to fly out over Long Island Sound at dawn.
>
> They fold their wings for the night,
> but in the morning,
> as they spread their wings to the light,
> it looks as if the tree is catching fire.
> -M
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And they're on their way! I'm already getting them here in drubs and
>> drabs. I just pruned my milkweed
>>