Date: 06/08/2005

Number: 1

My husband has been doing a grassland bird nest search for the Allegan State Game area. The fields are full of milkweed and Russ had been seeing monarchs. The fields will get mowed June 15, destroying bird nests and any monarch life stages present. The reason for the nest search is to prove that birds are there nesting and that mowing needs to be postponed until later. Doesn't do this year any good but hopefully in coming years.
Anyway, I went along 6-8-05 and spent 3 hours searching for monarch eggs and larva and found 15 of each.

Fennville, MI

Latitude: 42.6 Longitude: -86.1

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