Date: 05/03/2017

Number: 1

sorry no photo and wasn't able to net and tag or determine sex.The butterfly was faded but still flying great Dr. James suggested I report here. He thinks it may be one that born was from the overwintering sites in Cal.well that isn't the language he used but you know what I mean, I hope. I thought it was one from the overwintering site itself but they dispersed quite awhile back so he is probably most correct of course! The monarch was flying and stopping on little purple flowers of a "weed" and dandelions on our football field.Idid not find it in our milkweed gardens throughout the day, but it could have checked out the milkweed in the field next to school as it flew in that direction.

It indeed was a monarch. I have been doing monarchs for 17 years! We have a butterfly/monarch habitat at our school since 2001!

Native Milkweed has pushed ground in the wild . And our 3rd native Asclepias cordifolia has been up and ready to bloom in the mountains for quite a few weeks. This however is a hard milkweed to grow. Garden milkweeds are well on their way here.

Jacksonville, OR

Latitude: 42.3 Longitude: -123.2

Observed by: linda
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