Date: 10/26/2014

Number: 1

Just wanted to inform you of another SWMS recovery.

Jessica Griffiths of Monarch Alert shared that yesterday (10/26) while conducting a training workshop to count overwintering monarchs at Pacific Grove Butterfly Sanctuary in California she spotted a Southwest Monarch Study tagged monarch #AG210.

This female monarch was tagged on Sept 22, 2014 at Canelo Forest Service Administrative Area in Arizona at 9:22 a.m. while nectaring on thistles.

We estimate AG210 flew 680 miles in 34 days or approximately 20 miles per day. This is the farthest north any of our Arizona monarchs were recovered along the California coast so far, so we are surprised at how far north this one flew. Photos are posted on the SW Monarch Study FB page.

Canelo, Arizona is located approximately 15 miles from the border with Mexico. In earlier years we've had recoveries at the Mexico overwintering sites from this location as well.

Reported to Journey North by Gail Morris, Southwest Monarch Study

Pacific Grove, CA

Latitude: 36.6 Longitude: -121.9

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