"I saw a big, beautiful female in the milkweed patch in front of the house. I'd been seeing what I hoped were monarchs over the last couple of days but couldn't get close enough to confirm until just now." 6/10/14 Montebello, Quebec

The monarchs will still go another 500 miles to the northeast into Canada's Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

• Just think...A population that occupied only 1.65 acres of winter habitat has now expanded across more than 1 billion acres of breeding habitat.

Still Waiting...
We're also waiting for 1st reports from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine — and everyone who hasn't seen their first monarch yet.