Date: 10/29/2000

Number: 1

I heard two flights of Sandhill Cranes before noon and then saw one flight with 15 birds moving south at noon. The same or two different large, faded monarch females have been depositing eggs in the back yard on A. curassavica the past two days. Many eggs were visible due to a lack of wild milkweed to feed any larvae that may hatch they were left alone. The crop of fall Asclepias viridis is quite small due to the drought that has been dented but not broken. Due to a lack of north wind in October to drive monarchs to the mid coast, the blizzard of monarchs of the past two falls has only been flurries ... but there are still two weeks before we put the nets aside.

Port Lavaca, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -96.7

Observed by: Harlen E.
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