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The 1st rains mean life for rough skinned california newts (Taricha granulosa) like this one who waited out the dry months in a rapidly shrinking cattle pond which eventually vanished leaving only mud cracks to hide in. Many other newts died but this individual was among the survivors.

An American coot (Fulica americana) eating algae in a shallow pond on the California coast

A cluster of overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in Santa Cruz county. In 2020, a count in November registered less than 2000 individuals, down from 300,000 a few years ago, and many millions decades ago. Experts fear that they may vanish entirely and soon. We can try to help them by planting native nectar plants and conserving habitat. Hopefully this was not one of the last years of the monarch aggregations in Santa Cruz.