Date: 02/22/2010

Number: 1

For San Luis Obispo County:

Morro Bay Golf Course: 173 (2/16), 124 (2/22)

Los Osos Monarch Lane: 10 fliers (2/16), 23 (2/22)

San Luis Obispo Bowden Estates: 8 fliers (2/16), 3 fliers (2/22)

San Luis Obispo Cemetery: 35 (2/16), 18 (2/22)

Pismo Beach State Park North Campground: 587 (2/14), 200 (2/20)

Oceano Campground: 290 (2/14), 46 (2/20)

Halcyon Hill: 150 (2/14), 20 fliers (2/20)

Grover Beach, Pike Street: 17 fliers (2/14), 7 fliers (2/20)

Los Osos, Pecho Rd: 450 (2/12)

Total: 1,270 (2/12-16), 441 (2/20-22)

The warm weather had a clear effect on the monarch clusters last week. Pismo, Oceano and Pecho Rd. were the only sites with clusters, all rest were flying & sunning even shortly after sunrise. Pismo's clusters have been primarily on the flowering branches of the eucalyptuses in the sun. Several matings were observed last week and almost no dead monarchs found. The monarchs are now leaving very quickly.

San Luis Obispo, CA

Latitude: 35.2 Longitude: -120.6

Observed by: Jaime
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