Canadian Gardening: Monarch, 1 by Erynne

Erynne wrote:
Okay folks, I tried really, really hard to get the very best shots and I've come to the conclusion that I should never take up photography. Joan, you should be here in my yard taking photos of these Monarchs because goodness knows, you'd get it right!
I found this to be challenging because everything was so far above my head and no matter how much I zoomed or stood on tip toe, I got some blur going on.
The numbers of Monarchs has increased today and I have no clue what's going on or why there's so many of them. I quit counting at 140 and it's like my tree is bedecked with jewels. I'm assuming the butterflies are temporarily roosting and I've read in my monarch book, "Monarch Butterflies...Saving the King of the New World" that when they pick a tree to roost on, chances are they will return to that same tree next year, always roosting on the leeward side. It is not known how they know to head for certain trees but there are hints that it has something to do with pheromes. Doesn't it just figure that this was the tree I was thinking of removing because there are three of these big trees so close together. Oh well, I can't very well take it away now can I? LOL

Here goes with the show:

Branch section one .....how many do you see?