Date: 03/01/2022

Number: 20

Continuation of 2nd season of monitoring at this Monarch overwintering site - 17th report this 2021-2022 cold season at this location.
Table of all records here: https://journeynorth.org/pde/records/mylist.html?species=All&myemail=roybrownphotography%40gmail.com&submit=View+Records

I followed one Monarch that appeared to be taking nectar exclusively on Common Vetch - Vicia sativa.
Photo of this Monarch on the Vetch: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rbinv/51913856369/in/album-72157719123502090/
Photo of the same Vetch plant after I gently cleared away some of the tangle: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rbinv/51915606606/in/album-72157719123502090/

Other photos, complete butterfly count, weather, etc. in NABA List: https://sightings.naba.org/sightings/20877
Number of Monarchs: 20

There have been 12 days with temperatures of 32F and below during the 2021-2022 cold period.
The coldest temperature was 23F. It looks like the cold days may be over.

Habitat: Field Field with Jointed Charlock - Raphanus raphanistrum (Mustard Family) next to swamps.
Coastal plain of inland southwest Georgia.
Location:
GPS: 31.47029591072563, -84.37643394048602
Straight-line distance to Atlantic Coast: 178 miles.
Straight-line distance to Gulf Coast: 98 miles.

Roy Cohutta
Albany, Georgia
Text: 229-343-5365
iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3476
BugGuide: https://bugguide.net/user/view/43980

Albany, GA

Latitude: 31.5 Longitude: -84.4

Observed by: Roy
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