Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Garden Visitors, 1 by jmorth

jmorth wrote:
My asters are drawing close...what has really surprised me for this season is/will be the Fall Clematis which is already sporting a few blooms. As long as I can remember, it bloomed like clockwork every year on Sept. 1st. The buds are so ripe they may reveal en masse within a few days.
I concur on your butterfly population estimate. Monarchs have also been prevalent here but even they seem less than last year. I do think the bee population has increased over year's past. I attribute the occurance of more hummers to a better acurity of my environment.

A comma or ques mark laying low in the sunflowers: