My Yard ~ American Lady Butterflies

My Yard ~ Gardens Mid-October

Fall Migration Warblers

Blackpoll Warbler - New yard bird #110

Lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers looking for insects in my yard

Black-throated Blue Warbler visiting Cape May Point State Park

My yard ~ Yellow-billed Cuckoo's _ Yard bird #109

Having an fallout of Yellow-billed Cuckoo's in Cape May area has meant having at least 1/2 dozen of them in the yard for several days.  Such a beautiful bird and a new yard bird also.

My Yard ~ Red Admiral & Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

Red Admiral Butterfly nectaring on rotten fruit.

Red-spotted Purple nectaring on rotten fruit.

Red Admiral Butterfly photo-bombed by a bee

My Yard ~ Monarch Butterflies

Monarchs Mating

And more mating..which leads to 

Monarch Caterpillars

And the next step is caterpillar to chrysalis

And this time of year the chrysalis are everywhere!

And then the tagged Monarch's come through on their way to Mexico.

And here are 7 Monarch out of a group of 80+ that stopped by this day.

And they really love the smooth Aster and so do we!

My Yard ~ Tie with 2017 ~ 41 Species Recorded

Sleepy Orange Butterfly 2018 Yard Butterfly #39

Common Checkered Skipper 2018 Yard Butterfly #41