Date: 09/10/2000

Number: 1

The fall migration has begun to turn around for us here along the Texas Gulf coast ... whether migrants from just up the coast or farther to the N or NE is unknown. We have not seen a monarch for almost seven weeks and this weekend sighted three. The first was a handsome male yesterday that I was able to net, photo, measure, tag, and release at noon ... good shape, little fade, some scratches. A second was seen an hour later moving down the street from NNE to SSW. The third was a female today that was depositing eggs on backyard milkweed ... large, 55mm by 36mm, some fade, more tatter, many scratches. When released flew down the street towards the SSW.

Port Lavaca, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -96.7

Observed by: Harlen E.
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