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Monarch Butterflies, Alive and Well in Mexico



C'Birders, 
While this subject is off-list, I suspect that many of us who enjoy
butterflies as well as birds, will permit an exception.

A short article in today's New York Times reported that researchers say
the monarchs that migrate to the mountains of Mexico appear to have
recovered to near normal population levels.
The finding was announced jointly by the Mexican Govt.,the World
Wildlife Fund and the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation.

"It's more than surprising," said Dr. Bill Calvert, an independent
American biologist who was part of the international team that carried
out he new census. "It's amazing that they recovered so well."  

This winter, researchers found tat monarch roosts covered nearly 20
acres of forest in the mountains of Mexico, almost as as much as the
average over the past decade.

Hey! It's nice to see some good news for a change, even if it doesn't
technically belong on C'Birds.

Tom Joyce 
Brevard, NC