Date: 10/27/2007

Number: 100

Today we went to South Padre Island and saw well over 100 monarchs at the Civic Center. There is a landscaped area there that attracts birds and butterflies. The monarchs were roosting although it was after noon, a sunny warm day. A few were flying away, but mostly the flying was short-lived as they tried to settle back on the roosts quickly after being disturbed. I caught a mating pair on camera. Then we went to Estero Llano Grande [SP] in Weslaco and saw dozens of monarchs, all nectaring on the Crucita and White Plumbago there. No monarchs roosting at Llano Grande.

Courtesy of Mike Quinn, Texas Department of Fish and Game

South Padre Island, TX

Latitude: 26.1 Longitude: -97.2

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