First Monarchs yesterday

Beli

Around this time every year, the trees around my home (basically the ebonies & oaks) are a Hotel for the Monarch Butterflies on their way South to the sanctuaries in Michoacán. They sleep here and then they resume their flight early in the morning to go through a gap in The Sierra Madre right in front of us. Monarchs can't fly very high so they wouldn't be able to go over the top of the Sierra. Their arrival has begun & thought of sharing it with you.

Celtic Wolf

Sadly that means they are gone from here and winter is coming..

cookn biker

Thank you ! Very beutiful!
Molly

Mainegg

Goose bumps! your pics always give me goose bumps anyways Beli, but how cool is that to see. thank you for sharing it with us! Julie, who watched Canadian geese this morning flying on the sunrise. that is another goose bumpy thing listening to them talk

Beli

Glad you liked it. Sorry don't know any remedies for Goose bumps... :laugh:

Big'un

How cool! Our boys always get those kits where you raise monarchs. Now I know that they leave us, to visit you!

mad max beyond eggdome

i've heard of this, and i've seen pics in nat'l geo (when i'm not looking at the pics of naked african girls) but that is very very cool. ...thanks for sharing first hand account!!!

Beli

Their lifespan is around 2 months, but in order to migrate, the migrating generation lives for about 7-9 months or about 320 years in human terms....

Beli

:laugh: :laugh: ...a very honest and graphic description of NatGeo's personal interests..listen see you in Atlanta OK?

fieroguy

How fortunate you are to be able to witness first hand this migration! Beautiful photos, as usual.

Mike
Wrens, GA

Cpt'n Cook

This is a sketch I did a couple of weeks ago, it may be used in a future painting.

cookn biker

That is BEUTIFUL!! You do fantastic work! Please show the final painting when completed, I am interested in the colours you use.
Thanks for sharing! Molly

Beli

That's creativity.....Put me first in the list of potential buyers for the painting...probably add a few more flying butterflies???? just a humble suggestion...

Grandpas Grub

Big'un,

We just saw some of those kits at the store this morning and was thinking of getting some for grand kids Christmas presents.

I want to get them something different and was wondering if the kids 11 and under would enjoy them - looked pretty cool to me.

GG

BobS

I lived in Tampico for 10 years and never knew that I could have gone to Monterrey to see the monarchs.

Thanks for sharing.

Beli

Bob. They cross the Eastern Sierra Madre right here....south of Monterrey on their way to Michoacán