Every time I see their flash of orange , I think my Monarchs have finally arrived. Still waiting for Monarchs, but I am never disappointed to see these beauties.
@tahoemb in this case I used my 250 zoom lens.I am finding that with butterflies the zoom works better than the macro because they do move so much.I used a very high speed while shooting.
@bankmann thank you so much! IIn autumn the 5th generation of monarchs leave the north east for Mexico.And return.one generation at ia time in spring.It is the phenomena of the migration that is in danger.It is an amazingly magical sight to see millions of monarchs in the the mountains regions of Mexico clustering on trees so thick with them the branches sometimes break! I was lucky enough to see that 5 times before the area became to dangerous from drug cartels and illegal logging.
There will always ( hopefully ) be year - round monarchs in places like Florida ,but the migration is getting smaller and smaller each year.here is a dear friend of mines site ,if interested in this issue http://www.monarchrescue.org
There will always ( hopefully ) be year - round monarchs in places like Florida ,but the migration is getting smaller and smaller each year.here is a dear friend of mines site ,if interested in this issue http://www.monarchrescue.org
Appreciate the info!