Date: 09/29/1997

Number: 1

It has been awesome here in Bronte, Texas for Monarch butterfly watchers! Our small community is between Abilene and San Angelo on Highway 277. Each year we have a good showing of Monarchs, but this year was spectacular.

Thousands of Monarchs stopped over in our area. We all turned on our water sprinklers to help them on their journey. (Citizens are encouraged to water their lawns during the migration in Texas, to provide water for the migrating butterflies. )

Many of the children had never seen them before and the school yard was covered on Monday, September 29 because of a heavy dew that morning. We are not very proficient in counting or estimating the numbers that visited us, but the ones who know say this was a banner year. They were here for about a week and a half....until the next cool front helped them on their way south. They covered the ground, shrubs, trees, etc. whereever there was water.

There are a number of lakes and rivers on a line from Witchita Fa

Bronte, TX

Latitude: 31.9 Longitude: -100.3

Observed by: Jerita
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