Date: 10/22/2015

Number: 1

Following the recovery of a southern Oregon-tagged Monarch at Aptos, CA that I reported a few days ago, I have a second recovery to announce!

A male Monarch reared, tagged and released by inmates at the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla on September 8 was sighted on October 21 by Regena Orr at Morro Bay State Campground! This is a straight-line distance of at least 775 miles!

I'm sure the inmates who reared this Monarch will be thrilled to hear about this recovery, just as I am, since it adds a valuable data point to our growing set of data on Monarch migration in the Pacific Northwest!

Aptos, CA

Latitude: 37 Longitude: -121.9

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