Date: 04/17/2015

Number: 1

This ragged male monarch was watched by multiple observers about 20 meters away for more than 30 minutes nectaring on a blooming willow in native forest along the edge of lake at the Minnesota Zoo. Little else is in bloom. Conditions have been warm enough for a few weeks for some migrants (turkey vultures, green darner dragonflies, and hooded mergansers also seen today) to begin moving into east-central Minnesota.

Editor's Note: Erik R. is a butterfly conservation biologist at the Minnesota Zoo and a butterfly, pollinator, & prairie advocate with a PhD in Ecology from UC Davis. Did this monarch come from Mexico? See discussion...

Apple Valley, MN

Latitude: 44.7 Longitude: -93.2

Observed by: Erik
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