Date: 09/19/2004

Number: 1

My husband and I took a bike ride from the 84th and O Street parking area in Lincoln Nebraska to Eagle, NE on the Missouri Pacific bike trail Sunday, September 19, 2004. Along the way, we passed through a wooded stretch of the railroad bed trial cut through a hill. It was quite windy in Lincoln on Sunday. This area was protected from the wind. Perhaps because of this, there were approximately 50 Monarch butterflies along this part of the trail, which we estimated to be about 100 meters in length. We stopped and walked our bikes and saw two roosts, one with about 10 individuals and another with about 5. The butterflies in the roost 'flashed' their wings when approached by another butterfly, which is a beautiful sight. The other butterflies were resting alone on branches or floating back and forth among the trees.

Lincoln, NE

Latitude: 40.8 Longitude: -96.7

Observed by: Patricia
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