Photo Gallery : migrating monarch butterfies

Migrating monarch butterfies making Hampton Beach as must stop on there migration south

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	hundreds of migrating monarch butterfies in willow tree		an early morning encounter with monarch, while it's still cold from the night time
	I have felt very blessed to have witenessed these beautiful butterfies visiting Hampton for many years		monarchs drinking nectar fron Golden Rod flowers in State Park, as fuel for their journey to Mexico
	monarch cluster in willow for warmth over night, they are genetically encoded to go back to the same tree when they begin their migration through Hampton Beach every fall. That is why it is so important to keep these trees from being cut down		Monarchs live about 6 weeks. However the ones who hatch in the fall are called Methuselah, because they live 6-9 months. They fly to Mexico for the winter,though no one knows how they find it, since they've never been there.