My last encounter with LINAC is on Monday and since tomorrow is an off day I hope to get up before twilight to observe and shoot a beautiful conjunction of the moon and Venus with M35 thrown in for good measure. Then, assuming I get back inside before dawn, I will get to watch my last 3 monarchs emerge. The chrysalis's were all pale green this (Friday) morning but when I last checked the fully developed butterflies were clearly visible in all three. And I think I solved the case of the 'missing' hummingbirds! I'm blessed with very nice neighbours and last year I told one of them about my hummers and suggested they get a feeder. They actually bought one last year but didn't put it out until 3 weeks ago! The hummingbirds showed up almost immediately and because they have flowers the hummers probably hang around more than they do for me.
