Catching-up on Monarch Butterflies - Watts Up With That?

Catching-up on Monarch Butterflies by Kip Hansen

"It is time for the Great Journey South for the Monarch butterflies of North America...

• The orange arrows on the continental map show the direction of travel in the fall of the year. 
•  The yellow areas are where monarchs are traveling from, an area extending all the way north into Canada...

In the west, there was good news this past spring:
While totals were down, it is reported that this was the result of winter storms in California... 

Still, the count reveals that the stunning, unbelievable recovery from 2020-2021’s feared near-extinction event was not just a fluke but a strong resurgence in overall population...