A first monarch sighting

I saw a monarch flying past the porch yesterday at lunch time. That's a monarch, I said, somewhat startled, as it's unusual to see them here in the mountains in spring.

And I was even more delighted to read a post from my neighbor, Phyllis Stiles, founder of Bee City USA, this afternoon about a female monarch oviposting on her young milkweed shoots.

http://www.beecityusa.org/blog-and-news/my-very-first-monarch-egg

That must have been the monarch that I saw!