At Last!

At last I have seen a monarch in our meadow!

A gray-headed coneflower in bloom.

I saw at least four eastern tiger swallowtails in the meadow on the wild bergamot.

Also this female black eastern tiger swallowtail.

A liatris in bloom.

Now this one is a black swallowtail.

There are many clumps of monkey flower, Mimulus ringens.

I continue to see many skippers.

Today I spotted some gailardia in the wetland.

A pair of eastern tailed-blues mating.