Bend butterfly completes epic journey
The Bulletin highlights how a monarch released in Bend made it 500 miles south to overwintering grounds in Santa Cruz, California.
By
Mike Gordon
The Bulletin
November 16, 2019
If you’re looking for an unlikely hero, consider Flamingo, a monarch butterfly who just flew from Bend to Santa Cruz, California. That’s about 500 miles if his course was straight and true — but have you ever seen a butterfly fly straight?
Flamingo is one of 14 monarch butterflies released for their autumn migration to warmer weather on Sept. 14 in Bend’s Hollinshead Park by the Deschutes Land Trust...