Date: 10/07/1998

Number: 1

In the 20 minutes I drove home from NE Tarrant county in Texas to south of down town Fort Worth, I counted about 20 monarchs. They were plentiful at home also. I was seeing about 10 every time I went outside for about 5 minutes. This was between the hours of 5 and 6:30. I caught 3 that were nectaring on my shrubs. Most of them were flying south above head, but several of them stopped to feed. A few of them were flying around back and forth. The temp was about 82 and light winds on a clear afternoon.

The sighting mentioned before at schools was in an hour's time while we took off on an unplanned field trip because we sighted so many after lunch during recess.

The cool weather caused by the recent rains really helped send them our way.
Sandra Hines

Richland Hills, TX

Latitude: 32.8 Longitude: -97.2

Observed by: Sandra
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