Date: 10/29/2006

Number: 1

As yesterday, had a good flow of monarchs in the early morning before the wind picked up from the SE ... same spot ... same way ... best 30 minute total was 153, for any average of 306 an hour, best 5 minutes was 45 and that was at 9:15 a.m. They were flying NE to SW, low to 50' up, steady, migrational flight ... looked like a 3-D monarch interstate in the sky, all going one way, but properly spaced. Numbers fell off quickly after 10:00 a.m. when the breeze could be seen to begin to stir the slick waters of Lavaca Bay and move things out of the ESE ever so slightly. Went back about 3:00 p.m. when the wind was 5 to 10 mph out of the SSE and we had to search to find a dozen monarchs nectaring, nothing flying. 71 dF, clear, another front about Thursday.

Port Lavaca, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -96.7

Observed by: Harlen E.
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