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lark

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5. I just wish cell phones had been around then so I could have recorded it.

Reply to Silver1 (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 09:05 AM

Mar 2021

My memory of it will never dull though, just the absolute thrill and peace of it. It was so quiet you could hear the wings rustling, just like in the video, although the actual experience tops that by a mile, stunning as it is.

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Drone Disguised as Hummingbird Captures Incredible Footage of Monarch Butterfly Swarm [View all] Silver1 Mar 2021 OP

Incredible is right. Thanks. NT enough Mar 2021 #1

Absolutely stunning, I was so lucky to be in the middle of their migration in the early 80's. lark Mar 2021 #2

That sounds just incredible. Silver1 Mar 2021 #4

I just wish cell phones had been around then so I could have recorded it. lark Mar 2021 #5

Heaven on earth for a brief time. liberalmuse Mar 2021 #7

It was absolutely transcendent. lark Mar 2021 #10

Thank you for sharing. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #3

I have seen this. In a secluded area along a stream a few AndyS Mar 2021 #6

There is a place I hike that some years has hundreds of Monarchs, but nothing like that. Hoyt Mar 2021 #8

For anyone who can do it ... Silver1 Mar 2021 #9