I was at Rosetta this afternoon to enjoy the park and hopefully a few butterflies as well. Anyway, while there I did my usual survey of the view from the hawkwatch site and the following photos should give you some indication of what we'll face this season. Enjoy!
Eye-level view looking towards Bluffer's Park (Walter)
Eye-level view looking out over the lake (Walter)
Eye-level view looking straight out over the lake (Walter)
I was saddened to see the following. One of my favourite trees in the park is now marked to be cut down as it is almost completely dead. On an early visit to the park in the spring it was clear that the tree suffered hard hits from the weather and almost every branch tip had broken off.
Butternut tree (Walter)
It didn't take very long for this milkweed to take over this rose garden patch. No complaints from me, of course!
Common Milkweed (Walter)
As for butterflies, today most were observed in and around the flowering trees, especially the Lindens and the Japanese Tree Lilacs.
See you at the park,
Walter
1 comment:
Great photos Walter. So sad about that majestic old tree. That's quite a Monarch nursery! Wonder how many eggs were laid in there.
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