Date: 5/20/26 8:42 am
From: Lisa Larson <lisafaylarson...>
Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Butterfly erruption.
Yes! I was hiking Bonny Doon Ecological Preserve on Sunday and they were
everywhere! Thousands! Wonderful to experience!

I didn't see any Purple Martins but that doesn't mean there weren't any. I
was in the lower area.

On Tue, May 19, 2026, 3:07 PM Cliff Bixler <clifford.bixler50...>
wrote:

> We have thousands of California Tortise Shell butterflies here. They are
> erruptive and we have never had an outbreak like this in 30 some years.
> They happen every 8 years or so I am told.
> Cliff Bixler
> Bonny Doon
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