Date: 09/08/1997

Number: 1

What a difference a day makes! Today as we left school there were
nearly 200 monarch butterflies resting in the shade on the lower
branches of the oak trees in front of our school. There was
if any wind and the temperature was 90 degrees Fahrenheit. A few
butterflies were feeding on our butterfly garden but most of them
were heading for the trees to rest in the shade. We are having
a cold front approach and some nasty looking storm clouds coming
from the north so our butterflies should get a strong push south
if they don't get banged up tonight in the storm. Other teachers
have reported seeing many, many butterflies feeding on clematis
and purple sedum.

York, NE

Latitude: 40.8 Longitude: -97.5

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