overwintering monarch

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Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS
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“We hope to raise awareness of their plight and share the amazing story of monarch migration with people who don’t have the opportunity to personally visit the overwintering grounds,” says Service public affairs specialist Joanna Gilkeson. Above, monarch butterflies cannot fly when their wings are wet. This butterfly is waiting out the rain before flying again in Santa Cruz, Calif.