New Jersey Outdoors: Is Monarch-mania Coming?
Two Monarchs nectaring on butterfly bush; Reed's Beach, Cape May County, NJ.
Photo credit: Tom Reed
"Maybe you’ve noticed them recently- Monarchs, those large orange butterflies with black trim, the storied insect that makes its epic trek southward through North America each autumn. This autumn may be an especially good one for the species here in Jersey, based on what we’ve seen so far. In fact, Don Freiday (Director of Birding Programs for NJ Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory) reported 100s of Monarchs along the Red Trail at Cape May Point State Park this morning, and a short stroll through my backyard in northern Cape May County just revealed over a dozen of the critters. Cape May routinely sees the highest numbers of migrating Monarchs in the region- this isn’t surprising, given its geography as a southward-facing peninsula, and its resulting ability to trap southbound winged migrants at land’s end."
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 9/14/2010 6:00 AM 
Categories: Invertebrates
Tags: nj audubon monarchs butterflies migration cape may
Categories: Invertebrates
Tags: nj audubon monarchs butterflies migration cape may
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