Comments on: Monarch Butterflies at Santa Cruz

By: Adam R. Paul

Adam R. Paul — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:41:52 +0000

You’re welcome, and thanks for dropping by!

By: Soon to be

Soon to be — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:39:07 +0000

I’m so glad that I found this. I was just telling my boyfriend about this place and look it here. I was able to show him some pics! Thanks

By: Adam R. Paul

Adam R. Paul — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:07:26 +0000

Thanks, and welcome, Sharron! It’s quite a sight to be sure.

By: Sharron Lea

Sharron Lea — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:19:48 +0000

How amazing to see such a profusion of butterflies in December.

Thanks for letting us see wildlife in warmer climes.

By: Adam R. Paul

Adam R. Paul — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:03:21 +0000

Glad you enjoyed it, Thomas!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:47:51 +0000

I m speechless, that’s an incredible. So many Monarchs in one place.

You really scored on this one.

By: Adam R. Paul

Adam R. Paul — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:43:45 +0000

Scienceguy: Yes, they’re quite a sight to behold!

Montucky: Well I think you’ll have to come to the Monterey Bay Area some winter, then

Mary: Definitely check it out – it’s close to SJ, and even if the butterflies are not there, it’s a lovely beach, and if you go at low tide, the tidepooling is pretty good. A few miles north, Wilder Ranch State Park had miles and miles of beautiful coastal bluff trails, also highly recommended.

Donald: One of these years I’ll have to try to catch the PG grove when it’s populated. It’s 90 minutes farther away from home, though, so Santa Cruz is our default. The Butterfly Parade sounds cute.

Mon@rch: Well, you would

By: mon@rch

mon@rch — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:12:53 +0000

Love your monarch’s

By: Donald Kinney

Donald Kinney — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:50:38 +0000

Well, Adam, I’ve got to give you high marks for that photo of all those Monarchs…

I grew up in Pacific Grove (oh so many years ago), just across the bay from Santa Cruz… Pacific Grove has been calling itself “Butterfly Town, USA” for so long that some people mistakenly think that Pacific Grove is the only place the Monarchs migrate to… Oh well, it gives P.G. (as the locals call it) an excuse to put on the annual Butterfly Parade, where all the schoolchildren make a big loop around town in their butterfly costumes…

Thanks for the trip down memory lane…

By: Mary Carlson

Mary Carlson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:59:59 +0000

Natural Bridges should be the next place Red and I should visit. We were quite impressed with all the monarchs we saw in Pacific Grove. As for tags, I think they are little white stickers that are placed on one of their wings. So it wouldn’t be too difficult to see them as long as the monarchs would have their wings open. Personally, I’m so enthralled with the “big picture” that I don’t think to look at single individuals! ;o) Thanks for posting your Natural Bridges find, Adam.