Damn, Anthony, that is WAAAAY cool.
We have 9 bird feeders and 4 nest boxes for the same reason, to help sustain the populations. We have a few, wild, milkweeds in the back yard and my wife planted a domestic one a couple years ago near the back porch that look just like yours. Never seen that variety before. We get a few Monarchs every year and had a pupa hatch last year.
Yes, the Blue Jays are a nuisance bird with caterpillars and the feeders. I reduce their plentiful population by a few, especially insistent ones, every year.
Thanks for buying American too...
We try, but it's danged hard to find much anymore.