Many Monarchs here yesterday on the New England asters....Gorgeous sight! Donna Nelson Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:36:28 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [UVB] monarchs To: [log in to unmask] On 9/15/2012 6:49 AM, Bill Shepard wrote: Yoicks. Lelia planted a “Mexican Sunflower” in the garden. Not sure if that is right, but.. Yesterday there were 9 monarchs on the plant (rather tall and full of flowers). All had a new look about them. Fun year for monarchs !! BS I was going to make a similar observation. This does seem to be a better year than usual for monarchs---at least in comparison with the last 2-3 years. Rob Humphries