Natural History Wanderings

The San Luis Obispo Tribune reports

Western monarch butterflies have begun their annual winter migration into San Luis Obispo County and the rest of coastal California — and the numbers are off to a promising start.

More than 24,000 were counted at the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove along Highway 1 on Tuesday, according to California State Parks. That’s almost 2,000 more than were counted around this time last year, according to the state agency.

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