Several years ago, there was a display about the Monarch migration on
the Parkway as you're headed south out of Asheville, NC. It was at the
first overlook after you cross the French Broad River, French Broad
Overlook, Milepost 393. If memory serves the sign says the peak of the
migration at the Parkway is around Sept 20, most years.
I think the sign is right about here: 35.497832,-82.593747 You can see
it in Street View, but can't zoom in far enough to read it.
I think the overlook where the woman was tagging butterflies was either
Mt Pisgah Overlook, Milepost 407 or Flat Laurel Gap Overlook, Mile 408.
From: "P. J. Alling"
According to the schedule I saw the peak of the migration was at 41?
North latitude yesterday, so maybe a couple of days to the blue ridge
parkway.
On 9/17/2012 5:08 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
If they're on schedule, they'll be crossing the Blue Ridge Parkway
just about a mile north of where the Mt. Pisgah Highway (NC 151) joins
it.
35.442649,-82.720038
I think their fall route goes over the same pass every year. That's
what the lady who was there tagging butterflys told me. She had a
whole sheet of little dots with serial numbers. She was catching them,
putting the dot on the wing & letting them go again. I don't think she
was tagging every one, just counting most of them & tagging a sample.
From: Bruce Walker
Beautifully detailed with strong colour. I've never caught a Monarch
that well.
A dude in the Toronto social group on PentaxForums posted shots of
bushes covered in Monarchs down near the Lakeshore Yacht Club from two
weeks ago. Migration is over now I guess. Missed it by that much. :-)
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:03 AM, frank theriault
<[email protected]> wrote:
Got down to the Lake yesterday for the first time in a long time. I'd
been wanting to get down there as the weekend before last we saw more
than a few monarchs in our neighbourhood, signalling the possibility
that the migration was happening.
I think I missed it. But there were a few stragglers, and I got a few
monarch shots. Lots more bee and wasp shots.
Here is a monarch that I found near the marina:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/09/by-marina.html
More in upcoming days. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
cheers,
frank
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