Date: 09/16/2010

Number: 1

After several days, the wind returned to the north northwest at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, stirring up more monarch butterfly activity. In two hours and 45 minutes during the morning and early afternoon, 650 monarchs were observed in various areas of the refuge. Some were nectaring primarily on sawtooth sunflowers while perhaps half of them were speeding or floating to the south over the fields. The day was cool and mostly cloudy with a wind of 15 to 20 miles an hour. On occasions when the sun came out, the monarchs were more active. At one point in the northern part of the refuge, the sun brought on a flurry of monarch movement.

Prairie City, IA

Latitude: 41.6 Longitude: -93.3

Observed by: Robert
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