Monarchs headed East?

[Franny]

Interesting, TreeFrog.
All the monarchs I'm seeing here (northeast FL) are heading in a southeast direction, and the ones I used to see in Port St Joe did look as though they were heading east; I'd even see them flying over the Gulf on the Apalachicola bridge. I always just assumed they were sort of meandering but that they knew where they were going.

It's grayt to hear from you Cil...I miss your post from PSJ! Didn't mean to hijack!!Hope all is well on Amelia Island.

 

[Cil]

All is well and I love the monarchs drifting across our island.
There are some things I miss about the Gulf, but we gotta do what we gotta do.

 

[Mango]

I did some reading about Monarchs, and apparently there are 3 different species. I also found a pdf research article that was 132 pages (didn't have time to read it and lost it in my favorites) long which discussed wing spans and migration to the Caribbean and Cuba.

My guess is that some of the monarchs are over wintering in Florida near the Keys. like Treefrogs hypothesis.

I did see a few headed West and they were much larger than the big migration I saw along the dunes headed East.

Here are some interesting links:

http://www.livemonarch.com/monarch-facts.htm

University of Florida

Monarch Watch - A Collection of Resources.


I am tempted to e-mail one of these organizations and ask why we see so many going East, what they are doing etc.
Inquiring minds want to know.

I have become a Monarch papparazzi.

I read they will stay along the food souces during migration, so it only makes sense that they would go West and fly into Mexico through Texas in lieu of crossing the Gulf from the tip of Florida. Besides, all the migration charts show them Headed South and Westerly.

if anyone has finds out more info, let us know.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I screwed up my compass and confused east and west during my last post regarding the reasons why the Monarchs have been seen moving east. OOPS! You guys continue....

 

[Mango]

I screwed up my compass and confused east and west during my last post regarding the reasons why the Monarchs have been seen moving east. OOPS! You guys continue....

Which direction is that Monarch, I mean pumpkin butt going in your tar?