I haven't seen any this year either and I have been checking the milkweed
for chrysalis' and caterpillars.  Maybe the never ending rains (until
recently) have something to do with their low numbers.  Just a thought.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Vermont Birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeanne
Arsenault
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:14 AM
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Subject: [VTBIRD] monarch butterfly

Sorry, this is a little off topic for bird, but has anyone seen a Monarch
butterfly this year?  I 
always leave the milkweed in my garden for them.  By now there are usually
some but I 
have yet to see any this year.