Date: 09/17/2010

Number: 1

Well, I thought my life was complete when I saw a Bald Eagle fly through the tree tops on my street this week.

But, this is heaven . Yesterday (9/17), at the Beach house, Armit & I witnessed the Migration of Monarchs . I had noticed all week many more Monarchs than I had seen all summer, maybe 35- 50 per day . Very unusual. Then yesterday, about 4 PM, Armit was on the front porch and called in to me to come see the butterflies. There were HUNDREDS! All in formation, flying south. From eye level to the tree tops, from the Bay to 3 weeks away at the Ocean, the sky was covered with Monarchs flying from the North. Then , more came, and more and more and more. First hundreds, then THOUSANDS, then tens of thousands. The sky was covered. What a sight!!!!!!!!! For about 20 minutes, the Monarchs were so thick , then for the next 40 minutes they kept passing but thinned out to 35- 50 at a time .

24 hours later, they were still coming, but only at a very slow rate of 10 or 15 every minute.

I am so lucky to have witnessed this migration.

Almost as amazing was how many people went about their busy lives, never looking up to notice the sky had changed from deep blue with white clouds to deep blue with solid orange wings!

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Beach Haven, NJ

Latitude: 39.6 Longitude: -74.2

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