Date: 03/09/2006

Number: 1

We did a quick check for Asclepias oenotheroides on the Cunningham Ranch site this evening. 5 plants were found, all about 3-4" tall with multiple stems (3-4). NOT a good showing for monarchs headed this way.

Rainfall since last December is still below .1".
Temps are running in the 80s daily with one 92.6 earlier in the week.

At dusk, smoke from a large rivercane fire just to the north of the ranch was settling heavily into the Valley. The Cunningham Ranch occupies the south end of Quemado Valley about 15 miles north of Eagle Pass, TX.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Eagle Pass, TX

Latitude: 28.6 Longitude: -100.3

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