Each winter, thousands of Monarch Butterflies make Santa Cruz their home as part of a multi-generational migration between Canada and Mexico. Their numbers are rapidly declining due to habitat destruction and herbicides which destroy milkweed, the only plant on which monarchs lay their eggs.
Nikon D7000, Nikkor 70-200 and 2x converter, 400mm, ISO 400, f5.6, 1/320
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