Monarch migration

[Robert Kriegel]

Hello all,

I spent most of last week in Michigan's Upper Peninsula sampling.  On
Friday (8/17) I observed 50-100 fresh Danaus pleixppus (Monarch) adults at
an old field in Mackinac County.  It was about noon and the weather was
cloudy, cool (~60F), and breezy.  As I walked among the wildflowers I
flushed 1 to 2 adults at a time.  They would circle for a couple of minutes
and land again on foliage.  I eventually figured out that they were
roosting on the downwind side of scattered white cedar trees, with as many
as half a dozen to a tree.

Now I'm back at work, longing for the sound of wind through the pines and
waves breaking on the Lake Superior shore.

Bob Kriegel
Bath, MI

 
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