This week afforded me the opportunity to visit an area to which I have not been. It has be on my, long ago made, list of day trip places to explore. Unknowingly, and to my luck, I arrived on the day of the migration of the monarch butterfly. Imagine my delight when we ventured out on the trails to see flowers, trees and bushes covered with 1000s of nectar drinking beauties. I later read, in fact, over 100,000 butterflies had stopped to eat and rest before making the long journey to South America. Rest assure, I have marked my calendar, as I will not miss magical moment next year.
16 comments:
How wonderful!! And what a superb capture! Such a beautiful butterfly! And I would definitely mark my calendar for next year to be able to see this! Thanks for sharing!
Sylvia
How serendipitous!
And there seems to be more Monarchs around this year.
That is truly large number of butterflies in one place. The sight of butterfly on the flower is beautiful.
That must have been a WONDERFUL experience! Nice DOF in the shot.
What a great shot of the monarch feeding. Such a beauty.
The monarchs were more abundant than usual this year here in Iowa! Lovely photo!
So very, very beautiful!
Migrating Monarchs - I never knew butterflies migrated. What a magical sight! This photo is gorgeous.
Seeing all those beautiful butterflies must have been a spectacular sight, Trish. I'm sure its one you will never forget.
Beautiful macro shot, Trish.
Trish: What a wondrous sight to see, beautiful photo.
gorgeous! I tried to capture a similar image recently, but did not really succeed :)
How fortuitous! I bet you got many many lovely photos that day! :)
Fantastic shot! The Monarch is such a beautiful butterfly.
Wow this is so beautiful. Close up shot of the butterfly and flower. Love the beautiful colour of the butterfly.
did the monarch fly form NEw Zealand from a caterpillar in my school compound?
such a great shot! monarch migration is SO cool! I saw thousands one time while I was kayaking...what a beautiful scene. Glad you got to see it!
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