Monarch Butterfly Fall Migration

Video:  Monarch Butterfly Fall Migration

Video:  Monarch Butterfly Fall Migration

Monarch Butterflies heading south on their Fall migration pass through the vast forested Great Smoky Mountains looking for isolated meadows with wildflowers to refuel. It is getting late for this area as most wildflowers at higher elevations are dead, but I managed to spot three in an hour on October 12th. Monarch Butterflies are under considerable environmental pressure and in danger of disappearing. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a Monarch banding program. More information at the links below:
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/Monarch_Butterfly/migration/index.shtml
http://www.gsmit.org/CSMonarchTagging.html

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Funny Talking Chipmunk Falls Off Deck !

Video: Funny Talking Chipmunk Takes a Fall !

Chipmunk inexplicably tries to take a corn cob home and takes a fall off the deck. Just remember this is one tough Chipmunk and it was not hurt - because it is a Mighty Chipmunk! Having survived a nasty wound from a predator - probably a fox-  he now survives a 12 foot fall off a deck in the woods with a corn cob and just shakes it off! Much more to come from this little one - because of the injury its easy to tell it from the many other Chipmunks - and it is a character!

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