Cerro Pelón

Live stream currently unavailable.
Remote recording from UK 28 Jan 2018 (early morning).


Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Cerro Pelón, State of México, MX
Rob Mackay (University of Hull), Pablo Jaramillo (Universidad Autónoma de México), Forestry Service, Arborists' training program, Morelia

A collaboration between Rob Mackay (University of Hull, UK), Pablo Jaramillo (University. Autónoma de México, David Blink (College of the Sisquiyous, USA), Soundcamp (London, UK), the Forestry Service and a local arborists’ training project. In early 2017 the team installed a live solar powered stream in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in the mountains above Morelia, the butterflies’ main Winter roosting place. The stream has attracted wide interest among the network of Monarch researchers and advocates, as a tool for public engagement, live music composition, and expanding appreciation of this habitat’s value and fragility. It is a pilot for an extended project to link key points in the butterflies’ migration routes from Mexico as far North as Canada, drawing attention to the need for collaborations across disciplines and borders to conserve a charismatic indicator species.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Butterfly_Biosphere_Reserve
texasbutterflyranch.com/2018/02/07/symphony-of-wings-sound-of-millions-of-monarch-butterflies-available-via-live-stream/