Drone Disguised as Hummingbird Captures Incredible Footage of Monarch Butterfly Swarm

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2. Absolutely stunning, I was so lucky to be in the middle of their migration in the early 80's.

Went to a new (at that time) state park & beach, Andrew Molera, in Oct. to explore. There was a grove of eucalyptus (their fave) and we noticed that it looked strange so walked down to see what the orange flashes were. There were tons of monarchs all in cascade mode, all around us. We stopped and held out our arms and the monarchs were alighting on us for a few seconds before flying away. The air was nothing but fluttering monarchs. They'd fly up to the leaves, align themselves, and whole long leaves would be covered in seconds and a few seconds later uncovered as they flew off and new butterflys alighted. it was definitely the most transcendent minutes of my life. I wish everyone could get to experience butterfly air.