The Common Wandering Tiger (Monarch Butterfly)

There's something rare that lives right here
and residents keep it hush.
They come in droves just once a year
and their colors vibrantly lush.
 
They came up from Baja in Spring,
thousands of migratory miles,
and along with beauty they bring
inquisitive curious smiles.
 
Their frailty is their demise,
yet they're much stronger than most
and the male is the one that dies,
right after mating on the coast.
 
They bounce on high in skies galore,
all fluttering among the pines.
Immortalized in the folklore,
where frolicking behavior shines,
 
Male wings are larger than his wife's
and their beauty's beyond compare.
They're many and numbers are rife,
and spectacular view aren't rare.
 
Their flitting slow and sailing flight
matches no other one alive,
and researchers watch day and night,
hoping that the species survive.
 
If you travel to Monterey
between the months March and July.
You'll find an abundant array
That's hovering the coastal sky.