This past week I enjoyed watching the Monarchs fly south across our Mason County ranch, pausing to feed on Gayfeather and Cow Pen Daisies. Sometimes I even stumble across clusters of the butterflies roosting overnight in our trees. They are on a 2,000–3,000 mile journey to a specific fir forest in the mountains of Michoacan, Mexico, where they have never been before. It may seem that Monarchs are flying by at a lazy pace, but individual Monarchs have been recorded flying as much as 265 mi ...