Dear Journey
North friends:
Yesterday evening (October 30th) I received a phone call to Mr. Germán
Medina telling me that the first Monarchs have been seen overflying
the Angangueo. They were on their way to "El Rosario", one
of their final destinations, which is one of our main Sanctuaries. This
was at the southern entrance of the town
This morning--and
just in this moment (3:08 pm)--the first Monarchs appeared overflying
Angangueo's downtown. There are not many, but I can see the first few.
And Mr.
Germán Medina has told me that today he was at "El Cerrito",
and there were about 60 (sixty) trees whose tops were totally covered
by Monarchs, and lots of them were flying around.
Strangely,
up until yesterday, they hadn't stopped at "El Cerrito" as
they usually do every year. On the contrary, they were all flying in
the direction they take when, in March, they are on their way back to
you.
It is very
surprising that, in only a couple of days, thousands of them are appearing
all of a sudden!!!
María
Estela Romero
Editor's
Note: Also today, the first Monarchs appeared at the Sierra Chinuca
sanctuary. See
that report. >>