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From this afternoon's walk along the greenbelt: About as many monarch butterflies in one photo than I've seen in the last few years!
A lot of orange-and black butterflies on a pine branch, most of their wings closed.
There were a whole bunch of them clustered on a pine branch above the path. I wouldn't have even seen them, but other people out walking had stopped to check them out.
A slightly wider view with even more butterflies.
I was just reading that this year's overwintering monarch count is up to over 200,000 - a huge improvement over last year's count of, I kid you not, 1,914. Though still not up to the millions that were regularly seen as recently as the 1990s.
LA Times article on the monarch butterfly count.
Xerces Society's Monarch Call to Action
Both articles list ways you can help the iconic species rebound.
—Kelson Vibber, 2022-01-16
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