Date: 03/28/1997

Number: 1

Spring has brought Monarchs to SW Dallas. On March 28 I saw the first Monarch of the year in my yard - an old tattered lady surfing the currents above the old milkweed patches. The next day we went to the Dallas Nature Center and saw about a dozen Monarchs. Most were old, none were really fresh looking. a few chased each other. No discernable flight. direction, well, maybe more north than east. They seemed to be nectaring, not vectoring. The milkweed is coming back, a few patches have three inches of growth (A. bug-eye and some common). No eggs yet though there have been about half a dozen Monarchs checking out the fields around us and our yard. Obnserver's E-mail Michael_Lastufka@sil.org
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Dallas, TX

Latitude: 32.8 Longitude: -96.8

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