Date: 03/22/2008

Number: 1

I wonder if they may be following the scent of the Texas Mountain Laurel in the Hill Country. In the last 40 years I have not seen such a regular flow of Monarchs moving NNE and stopping for nectar, especially on the *Sophora*.

Survival must have been good this year. The few I have caught have been in excellent condition, slightly faded but not badly worn. Here they do not seem to be laying at any of the sites I habitually visit where I have checked the *Asclepias asperula* which are in bud now.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Austin, TX

Latitude: 30.2 Longitude: -97.7

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