Chasing monarchs

a migrating with the butterflies of passage

By Pyle, Robert Michael

Publishers Summary:
"The monarch butterfly is our best-known and best-loved insect, and its annual migration over thousands of miles is an extraordinary natural phenomenon, though one that is poorly understood. Myths about the monarchs' travels abound, and to separate fact from fiction, Pyle set out late one summer to follow the wanderers south from their northernmost breeding grounds in British Columbia. He migrated with them down the Columbia, Snake, Bear, and Colorado Rivers, across the Bonneville Salt Flats, through Hell's Canyon and the Grand Canyon, to Mexico, then turned up the California coast to track another leg of their migration."--BOOK JACKET. "Chasing Monarchs is also a travel book about the American West, filled with unforgettable places and characters, both animal and human."--BOOK JACKET. bnatoc

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ISBN
978-0-39582-820-5
Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c1999.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on July 1, 1999

Victorian-era butterfly hunters are often portrayed as genteel aristocrats, but today's breed, like the author of this book, are gritty, adventurous, and far-wandering. Over two months and across 9000 miles, Pyle tracked and tagged monarch butterflies along their migratory route from northern British Columbia to Mexic...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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