Date: 10/13/2006

Number: 1

The front blew in this afternoon. The first puffs of air from the north brought many Broadwing Hawks between 5:30 and 6:00 PM.

The most impressive migration though was Monarch butterflies. From 5:35 to 5:50 there were a lot. From 5:50 to 6:05 there were unbelievable numbers

floating along at 30 MPH at altitudes of 50' to 300 yards. I was seeing about 50 per binocular field of view continuous, no matter where I looked in the sky. The butterflies tapered off after 6:05 although the breeze remained there. By 6:30, the Monarch butterflies were down to about 5 per field of view...Bill

As the winds came up, the Snouts started disappearing and the Monarchs appeared. Wow! There was an article in the paper a few days ago predicting a big push for the Monarchs--the lady interviewed evidently knew what she was talking about!...Leslie

Courtesy of Mike Quinn, Texas Department of Fish and Game

Comal County, TX

Latitude: 29.8 Longitude: -98.3

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