Monarch butterflies wintering in Pismo Beach, south of the campground on Highway 1, in January 2015. David Middlecamp [email protected] The Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove ...

If you're in the area between the months of November and February, you must stop at the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly ... butterfly clusters undisturbed. Photography is welcome in the ...

This year, only 9,119 were counted across the state. At the small grove in Pismo Beach, tourists have long flocked to the site during the winter holidays to witness thick clusters of butterflies ...

The Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is one of five in the state that routinely records ... California and the northwest to reach their winter home. Once at their destination, their bodies ...

The annual congregation of monarch butterflies in Pismo Beach has begun. Danielle Patterson, a State Parks interpreter ... for the insects to spend the winter. The grove is close enough to ...

As winter sets in and tourism slows down at Pismo Beach, a different kind of visitor takes up residence in the nearby eucalyptus trees. From mid-October to mid-March, one of the main attractions ...

The finished snowflakes. Beachgoers turn Pismo Beach into a seaside winter wonderland at a “Snowflakes on the Sand” event, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. The finished snowflakes. Beachgoers turn ...

When Danielle Bronson visited the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove as ... to stay warm and conserve energy during the winter, according to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

Big changes could be coming to the Pismo Beach monarch butterfly grove as part of California State Parks’ wide-ranging ... Pismo Beach grove to spend their winter there, Weiss said.

The Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove hosted 16,038 butterflies, making it the second-highest concentration of the insects in the state ... because of devastating winter storms in January ...

Beyond the pier is Pismo State Beach, which stretches along the California coast for about 17 miles. In the beach area near the pier, you'll find many people trying their hands at water sports ...