# @thebeaconscollective on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TC2D2A_xh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59764464-thebeaconscollective-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/823467f556.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-04-22T21:05:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Beacons Collective (@thebeaconscollective) — https://gondola.cc/thebeaconscollective

## Caption

Rolling focus between the monarch and the milkweed to show the really cool details of both. Earth Day, a Monarch caterpillar up close and personal today. Monarch butterflies had their numbers decimated by wildfires across California. So we have 30+ milkweed plants to do our part in helping them recover their population. Already there are so many caterpillars big and small, a great sign of things to come for 2020. A few years ago a lot of our (asshole) neighbors cut down their trees because they got sick of paying to maintain them, the birds disappeared. So we constructed a massive bird feeder, installed nests and now the yard is sort of a bird sanctuary with over 8 different species of birds and over 200+ individuals, and growing fast. They consume over 20lbs of birdseed per week. We love hearing about all the bird poo complaints from over the fences. :). We hope to do the same for the monarchs and by late summer have hundreds of gorgeous monarch butterflies. #earthday #caterpillar #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #monarch #nature #bird #birdsofinstagram #conservation #sustainability #giveback #ourplanet #ourplanetourhome #reddigitalcinema #shotonred #redmonstro #laowa24mmprobe #millertripods #woodencamera reddigitalcinema venuslaowa miller_tripods woodencamera

## Stats

- **Views:** 1,095
- **Likes:** 81
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 4

## Tags

reddigitalcinema, butterfly, giveback, monarchbutterfly, earthday, caterpillar, woodencamera, bird, millertripods, sustainability, shotonred, ourplanetourhome, laowa24mmprobe, conservation, birdsofinstagram, nature, redmonstro, ourplanet, monarch

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