The movie is "Flight of the Butterflies" and is about the Monarch butterfly and the fantastic migration of the Monarchs to Mexico. The story of how the Monarch butterflies were found in Mexico is almost as startling as the butterflies themselves. A Canadian, Dr. Fred Urquhart, who from a very early age had a great interest in butterflies, ran ads in newspapers in Mexico in 1973 asking for volunteers to find the Monarch butterflies. A couple answered the ad, a Mexican woman, Carlita Aguado and her American husband, Kenneth Brugger. They were young and obviously energetic since they went around by jeep, motor home and horses. It must have been quite the moment when they discovered the Monarch butterflies by the hundreds of MILLIONS. The British director, Mike Slee, has made a 3D IMAX film about this story and it is in IMAX theaters now.
How did Carlita Aguado describe her feelings after viewing this movie? This is her reply:
"After, what, 36 years? I can say wonderful, fantastic and glorious — and whatever other words, but I cannot describe the feeling. It was magical," Aguado says.
And now imagine that multiplied by several hundreds of millions... almost too much to bear for one's little heart!
ReplyDeleteYes, Meike! I can only imagine that couple finding all those butterflies. They said it completely silenced them, they were so in awe by the discovery.
DeleteIt truly is magical. This is a remarkable butterfly.
ReplyDeleteDear Martha,
DeleteAnd you should know, you must have seen a lot in your garden this summer!:-)
I love monarch butterflies! So beautiful. I have long wished I could see them gathered all together like that but even the thought of them migrating is incredible. I just told my mom about that a couple days ago. I did once since a hundred or more in a park. I am not sure if they were migrating together or what.
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Thank you so much for your comment, Denise! Please visit me again!
DeleteAnd my husband and I saw more monarchs flying over Arabia Mountain just this morning! Oh dear, I might have to have a separate blog on butterflies alone!
Wow! What a great photo on your heading. Absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Carol! That was sunset a few nights ago on Arabia Mountain. It was magnificent!
DeleteWe see them once in a while, and you are right about it being magical.
ReplyDeleteOur usual native buck moths just don't engender that same feeling.
Ah, but don't you have a lot of birds in Louisiana? I love birds too!
DeleteOh I'd like to see that movie. My neighbor "raises" Monarchs for charity. Last year, she allowed one to hang out with me for a while as his wings dried and he got ready to take off. They certainly do have an interesting story and life cycle.
ReplyDeleteHey Vee,
DeleteWhat a wonderful thing to do, your neighbor gets to enjoy the monarchs and for a good cause too. Good!
I find them fascinating. We just saw dozens of them Saturday morning flying over Arabia Mountain and on their way to Mexico. Might have been some of your neighbor's! :-)
I thought of you today ~ we had two monarchs flying around the backyard ~ makes me so proud ~ I love that they like my yard enough to stick around!
ReplyDeleteWell, of course, they will stop at Audrey's house! They know a friend when they see one! :-)
DeleteThis photo is just fantastic, thank you for posting
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cait! It is very hard to get a photo of these butterflies, they are very fast movers! :-)
DeleteWow, so beautiful! How wonderful if I could see them all migrating right over my head!
ReplyDeleteWe have gone late in the day and have seen only one at Arabia Mountain but yesterday morning, we had dozens and dozens of them flying just over our heads! It was like being under a butterfly's wing, and it was wonderful.
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