Date: 04/25/2009

Number: 1

I'm just as shocked as you probably are! Very warm sunny day, I saw a very tattered monarch (couldn't tell if it was male or female), flying across a large grassy field in a park just north of West Chester. It was heading north, skimming above the ground, a few inches to a foot or two...the kind of behavior that would suggest a female looking for milkweed. But the milkweed isn't even up yet (not that I've seen, anyway, and I've been checking a few known, established patches). But it could have been looking for short flowers, too. It didn't actually land while I was watching.

West Chester, PA

Latitude: 40 Longitude: -75.6

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