Date: 03/24/2001

Number: 1

I'm pretty certain these are monarchs that over-wintered along the coast. I've had reports of over-wintering monarchs repeatedly from Live Oak Island, a residentially developed area about five miles west of the lighthouse at the refuge. I've seen no monarchs in Tallahassee yet (25 miles north of the refuge), but I expect them any day now. (We have, at our spring migration sanctuary in Tallahassee, 175 milkweed plants waiting for them: 50 already-in-the-ground & 120 planted just yesterday. See my comments under milkwee emerges.) Last week (3/20) I began to get reports that monarchs had returned to Cedar Key, about 100 miles SE of St. Marks. The report from Cedar Key is from the person who coordinates the fall migration program I set up down there last year.
Richard G. RuBino

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, FL

Latitude: 30.1 Longitude: -84.1

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