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A story of mine in the paper today is about the Monarch butterfly migration through Oklahoma this year. I got a really cool email from Carlton Beasley about what he saw out Western Oklahoma. Here’s what he said and the neat photos he sent. (Click on them to see them larger!)

Your article was timely. I was at Crowder lake in Washita county yesterday and noticed the monarchs. The lake was pulled down for dam repair and draw-down replacement in February. The shore line is covered with wild growth. Cool.

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• Myrna Inglis on Sep 30, 2011 @ 1:53 am
  A few yrs. ago I was walking the country road near my home in Enid and witnessed something I probably would never seen again in my lifetime. One mile of nothing but farmland on both sides and trees that had lost their leaves, but wait,those leaves weren't there the other day? I stood and watched the leaves then after one or two opened up I realized the tree leaves were actually Monarch Butterflies. After standing in place for awhile they all opened up and took flight. Thousands of them. I can't describe what it felt like. I thanked God for the most beautiful show I'd been privileged to see.

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