They look like delicate leaves or flower petals, decorating a tree in dramatic shades of orange and black. But in fact these are Monarch butterflies, one of the best known and most interesting of North America's butterfly species. The Monarch is famous for its southward migration and northward return in summer from Canada to Mexico and Baja California which spans the life of three to four generations of the butterfly.
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I'm lucky to live in the neighborhood of one of the Monarchs' northern-most winter nesting areas. From late October to February, this small grove of eucalyptus trees just off Pacific Coast Highway and a stone's throw from the ocean pretty much changes color to the bright orange of the butterfly wings. It's cool.
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