Date: 05/16/1998

Number: 1

The first Monarch I observed this spring in Ames, Iowa was observed on May
16, 1998 at 12:29 p.m., Central Standard (not daylight) Time. Its flight
heading was 339 degrees (geographic direction), flying ca. 0.8 m above the
ground in a large open grassy field. The wind was blowing from
northwesterly directions from 298-315 degrees true azimuth, steady at 5-7
mph and gusting to 10-16 mph. Temperature at 1.1 m was 81 degrees F.
Conditions were sunny.
Royce J. Bitzer
mariposa@iastate.edu

Ames, IA

Latitude: 42.1 Longitude: -93.6

Observed by: Royce
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