The Monarchs Are Here

A male monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, in the Battery Bosque yesterdy. You can see some examples of monarch caterpillars in my post from last August. (And you can tell this is a male, even this blurry, because of the small spots in the hindwing veins.)
The Bosque, named after the trees that tower over it, is intensely blossomy now. Check out their plant database to see what’s in flower: yarrows, masterworts, coneflowers, et cetera.