Date: 10/04/2005

Number: 1

I just pulled up a letter in the Odessa American that said that they haven't spotted but a few stray Monarchs here in west Texas but I have to report that right now as I write this letter, I have a thousand or more nesting in my oak trees. They starting flying in two days ago and I expect more before they move on. Now the last time we have seen this many, was in 2003. I had planted Lantanas in the front flowerbed, hoping that we would see them again and I am not disappointed.

I wrote in 2003 about the butterflies that would nest in our trees for days. I guess they were mapping the migration route.

Courtesy of Mike Quinn, Texas Monarch Watch

Odessa, TX

Latitude: 31.8 Longitude: -102.3

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