Date: 03/16/2003
Number: 1
First Monarch sighting at the Stengl Station yesterday (3/16), a female. This is slightly ahead of the appearances of the last couple of years (3/26 in 01 and 3/19 in 02). The Stengl "Lost Pines" Biology Station is located at approx. 30° 04' 51" N latitude and 97° 10' 23" W longitude near Smithville, Texas (about 50 miles east and south of Austin).
Reported for Dr. Phil Schappert by Mike Quinn,
href="http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/monarch">Texas Monarch Watch
Smithville, TX
Latitude: 30 Longitude: -97.1
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