A couple of days ago I went out in search of monarch butterflies migrating through North Central Texas.
I live in what is called The Central Flyway for monarchs.
The flowers in my yard are drying up due to our hot, dry September and October day, so knew I had to go searching elsewhere.
I was very happy to find 15-20 Monarchs nectaring on flowers at a big flower garden in a park near my house. Here are a few of the photos I took.
We are expecting some rain and a cold front to push through tonight.
The north wind should help send more monarchs our way and send these monarch beauties on toward Mexico where they overwinter.
In this last photo with the purple coneflowers, there is a painted lady butterfly on the right coneflower and a monarch on the left.
Hope you are having a peaceful weekend!All photos taken on my Canon Power Shot by me @violetmed.
Oh, these pictures are truly gorgeous @violetmed. I love the monarch butterfly. It sounds like you have beautiful nature all around where you live.
Yes, we really do and thank you for visiting my blog!
They fly thousands of kilometers to reproduce in Mexico!
Yes they do. It's amazing!
You are very good at catching these butterflies. Excellent photos!
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Nice pictures.
Thank you!
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Must be so awesome to see so many of them in the same time :D
Yes, it really is!
I <3 this post today.
Nice photos. Love them.
Beautiful pictures!
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Lovely photos! One thing I know about Monarchs is they love Milkweed! It's actually a fascinating and beautiful plant too.