It is only a few days until the 27th annual St. Marks NWR Monarch Butterfly Festival and the Monarchs are showing up according to schedule.
This journal entry features mating Monarchs on the Lighthouse Levee Trail and a photo of White Peacock butterflies mating.
Also included is is a photo of the head and wing from a Coot I found next to the lighthouse. Coot body parts are rather common this time of year since the bald eagles love coots and often eat them while sitting on top of the lighthouse.
Some children actually use the head as a finger puppet….. OK, you really didn’t want to hear that part.
In any case, I hope you enjoy these photographs and that you can come down to the St. Marks for the Monarch Butterfly Festival this Saturday October 24th, 2015.
