Still no sign of a large butterfly cluster. Did see a small black and white woodpecker in the back of the park. It could be a Nuttall’s Woodpecker. Find it and see what you think! [...]

Aww! The cluster went away and moved. Saw only one little cluster in the earlier sites [...]

Some of us at the park saw a cluster of 15 or so monarchs on the tree shown here on the map. There were 4 caterpillars on the milkweed outside Roy’s house [...]

Leslie saw some butterflies mating and the movie is here: [...]

Leslie did some investigating about those tagged butterflies. Apparently, Bryan Burks from the LA Arboretum and Monika U. Moore from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo were at Gibbs Park on 11/11/14 at 1:00 PM and released five male monarchs, 2 of which were those pictured below. DeeDee Golwitzer found a great monarch genome article here and shared: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141001133012.htm [...]