The butterflies have started coming back to my backyard. I keep a fairly butterfly-friendly area in one corner of my yard, and every spring I get visited. I was a little worried this year. We had a weird winter, with little rain, and abrupt hot/cold cycles. Plus there was a massive monarch butterfly die-off in Mexico. But they have started to come back; this morning I spotted several of these, so the Monarchs and Swallowtails should not be far behind.