Hello All,

It's so sad to see summer end...but it brings new and the ever changing surprises of nature that surround us. Yesterday, after weeks of hosing down our milkweed to keep the hundreds of aphids away from the milkweed for our Monarch cats...Ms. Cardinal was chowing down on nearly all of the cats!
I posted some video of her here in the Butterfly Forum...
http://tinyurl.com/68qkhh

As far as the Dad of the family was concerned, he probably wasn't thrilled with part of the "menu" having to be taken off after all of her frequent visits...
Now watch this 1st video of him and their juvie closely...
After dad so proudly catches a juicy grasshopper, it hopped away for one last chance for life...freedom...

Then Dad feeding the juvie in the next couple of videos...
Where's the Ms.? Probably sacked out in the nest after stuffing herself...




Susan Louise
from Branford CT/ live in Lincoln NE
Zone 5

Really nice videos Susan!

New Jersey
Zone 6

Hi Susan Louise, thanks for sharing the neat videos... Believe it or not, I've never seen a Monarch butterfly or a Northern Cardinal, so it's nice to see the variety of species!

Ruth
Everett, WA
Zone 8