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Omaha Steve

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12. Mexican forests that the Monarchs stay out the winter are disappearing to illegal logging

Mon Sep 28, 2015, 12:40 PM

Sep 2015

We are watching an old 2009 NOVA about it.

View it here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/journey-butterflies.html

Program Description
Orange-and-black wings fill the sky as NOVA charts one of nature's most remarkable phenomena: the epic migration of monarch butterflies across North America. To capture a butterfly's point of view, NOVA's filmmakers used a helicopter, ultralight, and hot-air balloon for aerial views along the transcontinental route. This wondrous annual migration, which scientists are just beginning to fathom, is an endangered phenomenon that could dwindle to insignificance if the giant firs that the butterflies cling to during the winter disappear.

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Our daughter & granddaughter rescued a Monarch butterfly caterpillar (UPDATED) [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2015 OP

Great photos. stage left Sep 2015 #1

I borrowed the photos from the science site Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #8

Very cool. Good learning experience for your granddaughter Lochloosa Sep 2015 #2

I remember doing this as a kid. Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #3

Monsanto killed the milkweed. roody Sep 2015 #11

How Wonderful! sudenlyseymour Sep 2015 #4

Thanks for posting. madamvlb Sep 2015 #5

I'm in south central PA and grow milkweed among others for the wild things... haikugal Sep 2015 #6

I love Monarch butterflies. But the drought as taken a toll on my Milkweed plants. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #7

Thank you to them narnian60 Sep 2015 #9

This thing used to be so common when I was growing up just 30 years ago. gvstn Sep 2015 #10

Mexican forests that the Monarchs stay out the winter are disappearing to illegal logging Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #12

The vacancy light is still on in California but they aren't coming Brother Buzz Sep 2015 #14

What a great experience... Phentex Sep 2015 #13