“The exceeding beauty of the earth, in her splendour of life, yields a new thought with every petal. The hours when the mind is absorbed by beauty are the only hours when we really live...” 
? Richard Jefferies, The Life Of The Fields

Trade in your hiking poles for butterfly nets for the day and get a close up look at some of the beauty flying through NH.  Get an aerobic workout netting monarch butterflies and releasing them after applying stickers from the University of Kansas’ Monarch Watch program https://monarchwatch.org.  Not to worry, I’ll have extra nets.  This is a great opportunity to learn more about this amazing insect species and contribute to a better understanding of their migratory behavior.  

We’ll meet at Shawnee’s General Store 732 Mt Moosilauke Hwy, Wentworth, NH 03282 at 9:00 a.m. and  carpool from there.   I’ll have been checking out the area  a few days prior to the 10thto see what the best location (s) might be.   I cannot predict what will be the best location at this writing.   We’ll be visiting sites in the Warren and Wentworth areas.    We’ll wrap up around 4:00 p.m.  There’s always ice cream at Moose Scoops in Warren afterwards.  

Please bring water and snack/lunch to get you through the day. 

Shawnee's General Store is located just south of Wentworth, NH on Rt. 118.  We'll meet at 9:00 a.m.