Date: 10/19/2006

Number: 1

A cold front moved through the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas this afternoon bringing the first of the monarch migration to Weslaco and Mercedes. I watched until dusk when monarchs began to land in my mesquite trees only to be chased away or snapped up by birds.

There were about 20 per minute.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Mercedes, TX

Latitude: 26.1 Longitude: -97.9

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