Date: 05/25/2014
Number: 1
Theodore Stone Forest Preserve, Cook County, IL; Sunday May 25, 2014. Too far away to determine gender. Another had been spotted on Friday - poss. the same one?
Non-directional flight. Conditions: clear skies, low 80s, in high quality dolomite prairie, with abundant Balsam ragwort in bloom.
Several species of milkweed present but not in bloom or bud yet, ~ 16" tall average (excepting Asc. verticillata, which is only about 12" tall now, if that).
Forest Park, IL
Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -87.8
Observed by: Kathleen
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