Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Those Royal Monarchs


The monarch butterfly pavilion is now open at the Desert Botanical Garden so I made a visit over the weekend to see how they were doing.


It was a toasty warm day so they were happily flying to and fro within the pavilion.  They seemed to be enjoying the plants and flowers around them.


For the first time, they were sharing the pavilion with some other butterflies.  I'll show you a couple of their 'house-mates' tomorrow.

16 comments:

Andy said...

Nice photos. Too bad their numbers are declining.

Christine said...

These are beautiful creatures, Sharon's! Lovely photos!

Billy Blue Eyes said...

They are beautiful butterflys

Karl said...

Beautiful photos, Sharon !

Kate said...

Photographed beautifully, Sharon. What a treat to see them flying freely around the pavilion.

Steve Reed said...

Beautiful!

Lowell said...

I wonder, in the course of a day, how many photos are taken of these beautiful creatures! That would be a fun place to visit, and I appreciate your wonderful photos!

Lois said...

Wonderful photos Sharon! They are so pretty.

William Kendall said...

They certainly are pretty.

RedPat said...

I've seen more of them this fall than for a few years so hopefully that is a good sign. There is a real push here to have people plant Milkweed for them so that may be helping!

Silver in AZ said...

wow wow wow!!! Stellar shots!!!

Judy Ryer said...

Beautiful!

Bill said...

Wow! Incredible shots of the butterflies, they are so beautiful and you captured their beauty. Well done, Sharon.

Lowcarb team member said...

Beautiful photographs ...

All the best Jan

peppylady (Dora) said...

Hello from Idaho, found your blog though Iris and the butterfly sure reminds me of warmer day.
If you fine time stop in for a cup of coffee

Thérèse said...

These are so photogenic.