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Bigboote

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You forgot my favorite. Monarch butterflies to Central Mexico. Beautiful beyond description.

I'm not sure for how long. :cry:

We were members of a CSA (community-supported agriculture) farm some time ago. The farmer pointed out a field of milkweed and showed us what to look for to find monarch eggs. We found quite a few and raised them to adulthood. Did this for a couple of years and planted milkweed in our back yard. (We're not very popular among our neighbors in suburbia.) We've had a good milkweed crop for probably 10-12 years. Nary a monarch caterpillar or egg till last summer. Plus one of the trails I run along has a lot of milkweed, and I haven't seen a caterpillar among those plants for a decade. I'm really sad about that, as I think they're such amazing animals.

The habitat in Monterrey where they overwinter is rapidly vanishing. The drought in Texas a few years ago killed somewhere between 10 and 30 per cent of the migrating population in one year. I could go on and on about the things that are devastating them (actually, I guess I have). . .
 

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So great to see. No darn you Danny, I just, there's something in my eye.
I'm not sure for how long. :cry:

We were members of a CSA (community-supported agriculture) farm some time ago. The farmer pointed out a field of milkweed and showed us what to look for to find monarch eggs. We found quite a few and raised them to adulthood. Did this for a couple of years and planted milkweed in our back yard. (We're not very popular among our neighbors in suburbia.) We've had a good milkweed crop for probably 10-12 years. Nary a monarch caterpillar or egg till last summer. Plus one of the trails I run along has a lot of milkweed, and I haven't seen a caterpillar among those plants for a decade. I'm really sad about that, as I think they're such amazing animals.

The habitat in Monterrey where they overwinter is rapidly vanishing. The drought in Texas a few years ago killed somewhere between 10 and 30 per cent of the migrating population in one year. I could go on and on about the things that are devastating them (actually, I guess I have). . .
I "like" that you've stated this and brought this to the awareness of others and I. I can't like that this is happening to one of natures most beautiful creations.
 
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BigBird

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What a nice bit of video production. And then there’s Birdie. How can an honest person not like her as a person and respect her amazing career as an athlete. She is just special.
 
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So many unforgettable moments, SB vs ND, SB vs TN, SB FF, SB NCAA championships, SB WNBA championships!!!! UConn, Seattle Storm, USWNT, US Olympics teams!!! Stuffs of legend!!! Thank you dannykuconn!!!!
 

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You forgot my favorite. Monarch butterflies to Central Mexico. Beautiful beyond description.
I think he was sticking to avian examples, but the butterflies are special.
 

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