Date: 02/22/2010

Number: 1

For Monterey County:

Pacific Grove Butterfly Sanctuary: 127 (2/15), 4 fliers (2/21)

George Washington Park: none found (2/14 and 2/21)

Point Lobos State Park: 2 fliers (2/15), none found (2/21)

Palo Colorado: none found (2/14), not surveyed, none found to date (2/21)

Andrew Molera State Park: 18 (2/14), 2 (2/21)

Sycamore Canyon: none found (2/14), not surveyed, none found to date (2/21)

Private Property, Big Sur: 1,710 (2/14), 14 (2/21)

Prewitt Creek: none found (2/14 and 2/21)

Plaskett Creek: 10 (2/14), 1 loner (2/21)

Total: 1,867 (2/14-15), 21 (2/21)

Last week I lucked out with foggy weather on the Big Sur coast. Though the rest of the county was warm and sunny, the monarchs were still in their clusters by the time I reached the private property site in Big Sur! They were scattered in 12 cypress, pine, and eucalyptus trees along Hwy 1. The monarchs at Pacific Grove Sanctuay were scattered in 9 trees on the south side of the eucalyptus stand. Most of the clusters were small and spread out. Andrew Molera SP was still holding on to a few fliers and Plaskett Creek had a single small cluster and several loners high in a pine tree. The weather during this week's survey was quite rainy. Very few monarchs were found at any of the sites. Pacific Grove and Andrew Molera had just a few fliers. The private property site had 14 in clusters in the usual redwood and eucalyptus. I was unable to locate any other clusters at this site. All but one monarch have left Plaskett Creek.

Big Sur, CA

Latitude: 36.2 Longitude: -121.6

Observed by: Jaime
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