Strong migration in southern Minnesota

[Paul Cherubini]

Last weekend I decided to visit the GM croplands of south-central Minnesota to document the large numbers of monarchs there.

Here is the specific area west of Minneapolis and some specific farm towns I visited where I saw numerous monarch cluster sites containing 300-2,000 clustering monarchs:
http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/wina.jpg

Here is just part of a major cluster site I saw in the farm town of Bird Island, Minnesota on Aug. 28:
Video still photo: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/bia.jpg
Actual video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4e3S2sm13g

Here is a cluster site I saw a few miles north of the farm town of Bird Island, Minnesota and next to a field of Roundup herbicide Ready Soybeans on Aug. 28:
Landscape photo: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/birc.jpg
Cluster photo: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/bird.jpg
Photo of landscape and cluster: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/birde.jpg

Here is a another cluster site I saw in the farm town of Danube,
Minnesota on Aug. 27:
Video still photo: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/danuc.jpg
Actual video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDxKwEgsjPc

Here is a another cluster site I saw about one mile north of farm town of Danube Minnesota on Aug. 27 and next to a field of Roundup Ready soybeans:
Video still photo: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/danub.jpg

At the cemetery in the farm town of Winthrop, Minnesota about 500 monarchs clustered next to a field of blooming alfalfa (cow feed):
Video still photo: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/winb.jpg
Photo of alfalfa: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/winda.jpg

Across the street from this cemetery was a much larger cluster site with about 1,500 monarchs:
Video still photo: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78/18R-C/wintf.jpg
Actual Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJCnU7PB9to

In a row of trees along the main railway line at Gibbon, Minnesota there were about 1,000 monarchs clustered:
Video still photo: http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/ae78 ... bbonsc.jpg
Actual video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCayVVKhlWM

Literally hundreds of clumps of trees in this genetically modified corn and soybean growing region of Minnesota had 100's to low 1000's of monarchs.