Russ Miller Quotes (7 Quotes)

They will make it down to Mexico. This year, we got a cold front down from Canada toward New York, so they just fly with the wind.

Crime is one of the greatest problems that faces Lancaster city on a daily basis, and it concerns me we are considering electing someone who has made a living defending criminals that I think the folks in Lancaster want off the street,

You can tell these monarchs are migrating and won't winter over. The butterflies that winter over won't come down to the shoreline they'll stay inland. The ones we have here come in, feed on the bushes, and continue down the coast.

The Connecticut Butterfly Association led the butterfly tagging, and we had a lot of people there. At one time, we had 40 people chasing butterflies it was a little hectic for the monarchs having four kids chasing one butterfly. We used up our 100 tags.

We're very happy the numbers have come back though. The next generation will go to Texas to breed, the next generation will be in the Carolinas, and the next will come back to Connecticut.

We check the sex of the butterfly, the condition of the wings, and then we put a small sticker the size of a pinky fingernail on the lower underside of their bottom wing. The tag has a phone number on it and a tag identification number, and then we let it go.

There are a lot of people in this boat together. We have a lot of empathy for our neighbors who are affected by these fires. We also have a strong appreciation for the firefighters who are giving it their all.