My First Monarch Butterfly 2023

The Northern Migration of the Monarch Butterfly has started

Monarch Butterfly, First Spotting 2023 — Photo by Author

Yesterday I was washing dishes and spotted a Monarch Butterfly on my wife's African Daisies.

I grabbed the camera and ran out front, and he had moved.

Waiting and watching, he reappeared. I got this one picture, which isn’t in focus as I wanted. But he flew away before I could refocus.

But still, I was excited even to see him at all.

My wife's African Daisies are in full bloom, and Mr. Monarch was first spotted here, the honey bees are enjoying them as well. — Photo by Author

I didn’t see a single Monarch Butterfly the whole year in 2022. And it’s well known their numbers have been dwindling.

I logged into my “Journey North Monarch Migration Website” account, so I could log the sighting of my little fellow.

Logging sightings helps several organizations in tracking.

Journey North Monarch Butterfly Sighting Web site found here

You can set up an account using the link above, then log your own sightings for both Monarchs and Milkweed plants.