Date: 03/13/2011

Number: 1

Last weekend on Sun. 03/13/11 I saw two Monarch butterflies making the rounds in my yard. I have about 6 milkweed plants(nursery type) in my garden. I trim them back every year in Jan. so by March the new leaves are coming out and a few flower clusters are present. To my surprise, every milkweed plant in my yard had several eggs on each one. I usually do not see eggs on my plants until Sept-Oct. when the Monarchs start making their way down to Mexico. So this is great news!! The Monarchs have found my yard 6 months early. My exact location in San Diego is Carmel Mountain Ranch. It is in between the cites of Poway and Rancho Bernardo off of the I-15 freeway.

San Diego, CA

Latitude: 32.7 Longitude: -117.2

Observed by: Patrick
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