Date: 03/22/2015

Number: 1

Today I saw the first milkweed sprouts (Asclepias viridis) of this season! Very happy to see them, though I could only find a few so far. The monarchs will need more to be up to lay their eggs. The weather ahead looks perfect for that to happen. Today was about 70 degrees F. with partly cloudy skies. No rain thank goodness! We had downpours of rain the two days prior and the ground is saturated. It has been a very wet March. Two of the monarchs favorite nectar sources are abundantly blooming: false garlic flowers (Nothoscordum bivalve) and wild blackberry blossoms. With sunny days ahead the milkweed should really come up and then ... monarchs!

Dobbin, TX

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -95.8

Observed by: Kathy
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