I've seen another Monarch today around our property here in East Thetford...we also have some milkweed that is relatively young as our field was mowed the end of July or very beginning of August.... Sue Sent from my iPad > On Sep 10, 2014, at 8:06 PM, Dan Hudnut & Lynn Sheldon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Here on Beaver Meadow Road the last two weeks we've been seeing a few (1 -4) monarchs daily, along with small yellow butterflies and something that looks like a fritillary, but I don't really know many other butterflies to identify them very well. > > We mowed half the meadow in mid July and the milkweed came up again and was full of tiny monarch caterpillars. The rest of the meadow was mowed last week. We heard the caterpillars liked tender young milkweed, and the mowing seemed to give them that all summer. > > Lynn > >> On Sep 10, 2014, at 7:58 PM, Blake Allison wrote: >> >> I've had daily monarch sightings on the home property over the last week. Granted it's usually only one, but at least I'm seeing them. Last year I saw none, a disheartening first. I've also seen one each time (4) I've visited The Chaffee Sanctuaryat Post Pond during the last couple of weeks. >> >> The Lyme Conservation Commission decided not to mow The Chaffee this year, we do so every other year and should be mowing soon, to keep the milkweed up as long as possible. >> >> Blake Allison >> >> Lyme, NH 03768-3322 >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:07 PM, Gail McPeek <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> >> I continue to get the warning with my postings that say this message may not have been sent by..... >> >> I've tried to correct this but it is not working >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Gail McPeek <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:59 PM >> Subject: Monarch sightings >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Cc: Gail McPeek <[log in to unmask]> >> >> >> Two monarchs found on Balch Hill yesterday (Tuesday, Sept. 9), and Rebecca Spiegel spotted 4 monarchs in Etna today, 2 in the fields near the Etna Library at the Hayes Farm Park, and 2 in a field on Quail Dr. >> >> >> **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html **************************************************************** >> >> >> **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html **************************************************************** > > **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html **************************************************************** **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************