Date: 10/08/2017

Number: 200

In the creek on the live oaks and pecan trees, fluttering and flying. Good size noted. Would gather in clusters of a few-10 and cling to an oak tree branch often the dead wood of the tree. They'd flash and fly up when we'd get close. Noted from 8 am to 1pm doing this. They are 'repeat roosters here,' just my first year to document.

They were not here tonight (Oct 8). We have wildflowers and about 30 acres ranch land. Hubby says south wind. We checked the night before at sunset and no monarchs.

We were eating breakfast in the camper and saw one on some false honeysuckle which our Pipevine swallowtails love and got excited and went to the draw and they were fluttering everywhere in the draw and creek.

They are so beautiful. My biggest cluster was 23. But this is the first day of many many monarchs.

This bunch of Four O Clocks is in the creek bottom and there's a bluff behind this, it's in a bend of the dry creek.

Here we noted them on oak and pecan trees. They were fluttering about, clinging to low lying branches ( twigs) and leaves.

It's a beautiful setting. We have two waterways on our place and two 'bends,' that they seem to like so far. Was going to get a picture of them, but encountered a big raccoon on the bluff. 😳

Carlsbad, TX

Latitude: 31.6 Longitude: -100.6

Observed by: Michelle
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