Monarch situation in Mexico is NOT dire.

[Mikie]

in article 3C8283FC.5A9 at saber.net, Paul Cherubini at monarch at saber.net wrote
on 3/3/02 2:33 PM:

> I just returned from the overwintering sites in Mexico where I took
> pictures of the tens of millions of monarchs still alive.  In fact,
> according to Eligio Garcia, the biologist in charge of monitoring
> the colonies, there are more monarchs alive in Mexico right now
> than last year at the same time.  Here are some pictures (about 280k
> in size)
> 
> Telephoto of El Rosario colony Feb. 22, 2002
> Orange band through lower center of photo are millions
> of monarchs covering the trees.
> http://www.saber.net/~monarch/rosario.jpg
> 
> Small part of Chincua colony Feb. 24, 2002
> http://www.saber.net/~monarch/chincua1.JPG
> 
> Monarchs filled the air around us and landed on us
> at the Chincua colony Feb.24, 2002
> http://www.saber.net/~monarch/eligio.jpg


Hi Paul - The link you furnished:

http://www.saber.net/~monarch/chincua1.JPG

Is a spectacular picture!  Thanks for sharing that.

~Mikie


 
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