The Monarchs slept at Home last night

Beli

Like every year, we are very lucky to get the monarch butterflies come by on their way south to the state of Michoacán.
Monarchs use a combination of air currents and thermals to travel long distances. Some fly as far as 3,000 miles to reach their winter home in México.



They chose some of the trees at home to spend last night, here are this morning's photos just before & after sunrise......
















Here they are about to restart their journey..............

DAC2

Awesome to see!!

Rusty Rooster

That has to be an awsome sight to see that many of them flying at once!!

Ross in Ventura

Great pictures Beli, thanks for posting

Ross

ewjd

Thanks for sharing--just beautiful

vidalia1

Great pics Beli...that is an awesome sight...

Cpt'n Cook

Thanks Beli, are they having any tree disease problems in Monterrey? I know they are in some Monarch habitat in Mexico. Hope all is well there. We are having our problems here.

Spring Chicken

Amazing...

My hummingbirds are there too by now.

Maybe Spring Hen and I should fly south for the winter.

Spring "Flying High" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

Misippi Egger

Awesome, Beli. :woohoo: :woohoo:

EgginDawg

So you were telling us the truth when we chatted about this last week, huh?! :laugh: Great photos Beli!

Lawn Ranger

Very cool. They've been passing through here for a while now.

Beli

Larry they are some incredible little animals....

Beli

This is the day....more & more are passing by now...

BigDaddy - OCT

Very nice pictures, Beli. When I lived in San Antonio, TX we used to get a couple of nights a year where our trees looked like that. During the day you could lookup and just see them thick and headed south. Thanks for sharing!

Bruce

Beli

It is Tom.....I expect to see literally clouds of them later in the day.....they are just starting......

Bacchus

It is truly amazing. How they navigate the journey is incredible.
Thanks for sharing Beli.

PS...the borders on your map seem a little suspicious. :unsure:

Beli

Most welcome Ross......won't cook today since they don't like the smoke :laugh:

Beli

You're welcome Kim, my pleasure

Beli

TKS one of nature's incredible secrets....

Beli

Capt'n don't know of any important disease problems in the area...also hear about some in the south of the country

Beli

Most welcome mis amigos.....but you cook some of your delicious dishes... :P

Beli

Yeap........quite a mystery... :ohmy:

Beli

This is it Ted....a fantastic experience that I want to share with all of you..

Beli

Mike...they will be passing there before coming down here.....are you looking at more or less numbers this year???

Beli

Don;t worry Ron we won't invade you....those are just monarch borders... :laugh:

Little Chef

Amazing!!! Must truly be a sight to behold!!! :ohmy: How long does the migration last??

Gator Bait

 
Now I know why you are always smiling my friend, you have your own little corner of Paradise and the little angels agree. Thanks for sharing Beli, that is a wonderful sight.

Gator

 

Bacchus

You can have California, but leave us Nevada, Arizona, and Texas.

Little Steven

Beli,

Beautiful! When will they go through the pass? Were the numbers like normal?

Steve

2Fategghead

That is beautiful Beli. Tim

Lawn Ranger

It's looked less to me so far, but we've had some really crazy weather lately that may have had an effect. The little Texas Snouts have been pretty prolific, though.

http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg279.html

Today I don't see much of anything, but maybe as it gets warmer....

Mike