We checked out the milkweed patch and found a big crop of Monarch Caterpillars reaching maturity:

A couple of km away this Monarch was collecting nectar from this plant named after Joe Pie:

It was very close to the big patch of milkweed across the road from W’s Marina so we might see some larvae there this year.  Good!!

I included this photo because it gets the variation in maturity of the flower head of this  spirea.:

Over the last week I have noticed that the warblers are no longer singing.  And I haven’t seen any.  I suspect that the  yellow warbler families have fledged and have started their southbound journey.