{"id":303,"date":"2009-10-15T09:32:29","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T14:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2009-10-15T09:32:29","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T14:32:29","slug":"monarch-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Monarch skies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year around this time, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/travel\/holiday_type\/wildlife\/article3015497.ece\" target=\"_self\">over 250 million Monarch butterflies migrate over 3,000 miles from Canada to Mexico<\/a>. I caught some of the early travelers on the way down this week.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/4013602285\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Monarch Skies 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2443\/4013602285_e9183a6fd4.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"Monarch Skies 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monarch Skies 1<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Most were too high in the sky for my camera to catch in detail. But every little dot in this photo is a butterfly. Hundreds of these little flapping dots were moving across the sky, heading south.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/4013603203\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Monarch Skies 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2478\/4013603203_03e96d172c.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"Monarch Skies 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monarch Skies 2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This guy was taking the low road. For such tiny creatures, they move pretty fast.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/4013602713\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Monarch Skies 3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2507\/4013602713_67819c703b.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"Monarch Skies 3\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monarch Skies 3<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the season gets underway, and as the stragglers show up flying much lower, I&#8217;ll be able to get better photos. Sightings and migration maps are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learner.org\/jnorth\/monarch\/\" target=\"_self\">tracking sites like this one.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year around this time, over 250 million Monarch butterflies migrate over 3,000 miles from Canada to Mexico. I caught some of the early travelers on the way down this week. 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