Date: 03/25/2022
Number: 4
This is a continuation of the 2nd season of monitoring at this Monarch overwintering site - 25th report this 2021-2022 season (12/06/21-03/25/22). The previous reports have information on plants, winter temperatures, links to photos of the site, etc.
We had a high count of 50 Monarchs at this site on 02/10/22 (See https://journeynorth.org/sightings/query_result.html?record_id=1526566071 )
On this date (25 March), there were at least three (3) Monarchs at the specific overwintering site at 31.470235726053687, -84.37641538604468. See above photo as well as this one from the overwintering site today:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rbinv/51960969546/in/album-72157719123502090/
There was also one additional Monarch photographed a short time later on Nothoscordum bivalve approximately 2.3 miles to the northeast at the Mud Creek Road entrance to the WMA. See here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rbinv/51961261054/in/album-72157719123502090/
Straight-line distance to Atlantic Coast: 178 miles.
Straight-line distance to Gulf Coast: 98 miles.
Link to the NABA Sighting Report for the entire day over a wide area:
https://sightings.naba.org/sightings/20960
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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