Date: 10/11/2003
Number: 1
Report from Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge northwest of
Austin.
Oct. 11- temp in the 70's. few monarchs around until 2:25 pm - 3:00 when
around 1,000 Monarchs came to roost. a steady rain began at 3:00 pm.
Oct. 12- cloudy- saw dozens of Monarchs migrating south. Monarchs
never came down to feed all day. temp around 80.
Oct. 13- thousands of Monarchs on Refuge. did not see them feed in
afternoon- they were in the trees. breezy day from the south.
Contributed to Monarch Watch
Austin, TX
Latitude: 30.2 Longitude: -97.7
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