Pacific Grove in California is one of the many areas the butterflies are expected to land during the winter.
California is seeing the return of colorful friends after a record-low population last year.
"This is certainly not a recovery," said Sarina Jepsen of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation,"but we're really optimistic and just really glad that there are monarchs here and that gives us a bit of time to work toward recovery of the Western monarch migration." A preliminary count showed more than 13,000 monarchs arrive in Monterey County, which is home to the town of Pacific Grove. The town is known for its commitment to preserving monarch butterflies, granting it the nickname of 'Butterfly Town, USA.'
Scientists speculate that the decline of monarchs can be attributed to climate change. The presence of the butterflies usually indicates that an ecosystem is healthy, but plants that the butterflies get their food from have been dying.For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below.
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