Date: 05/19/2006

Number: 1

First monarch of the season - finally! I caught sight of it flying back and forth over the driveway on the south side of the house just before 3 p.m. It looked fresh. Today was the first warm day (above 80 F) after a cool, often cloudy period of at least two weeks. 3 p.m. weather conditions: Sunny, 84 F, dewpoint 52 F, Relative humidity 33%, northwest wind, 6 mph. The wind switched to the east-southeast within the next hour and maintained that direction the rest of the day. Precise coordinates: latitude 42.0224 N, longitude 93.6077 W.

May 23
Monarchs are starting to come through Ames, Iowa in increasing numbers. I saw eight today, with two definitely migrating northward and riding the southerly winds.

Ames, IA

Latitude: 42.1 Longitude: -93.6

Observed by: Royce
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