Date: 09/26/1997

Number: 1

Friday, Sept. 26--The monarchs were passing over Chichaqua wildlife area northeast of Des Moines again this day but not at the rate they had a week earlier. In a two-hour count from 10 a.m. to noon, 28 monarchs were observed--21 in the first hour. Back in my butterfly garden in Altoona, some five to 10 monarchs were feeding on the purple asters for most of the afternoon.

Des Moines, IA

Latitude: 41.6 Longitude: -93.6

Observed by: Robert
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