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| Event: Monarch PEAK Migration | Duration: 00 hours 25 minutes Number: 60 | ||
| Date of Sighting: 10/28/2012 | Latitude: 28.5289 | Longitude: -96.6789 | |
| Town: Port Lavaca | State/Province: TX | Country: | |
| The wind has been strong out of the northwest and now down to north @ 11 mph. We saw the first monarch on the peninsula at the north end of the Lavaca Bay Causeway midafternoon yesternoon (10/27).
It was staying at the height of the grass along the edge of bay as did the few that followed. Today (10/28) we saw the first coming across the causeway on our first trip over at 11:00. We let it calm down a bit more and at 1:00 there was a good trickle coming from the NE. We saw about 60 in 25 minutes some flying hard to the SW, others nectaring on a thin row of camphor daises that TXDot couldn't mow. Coming back across the causeway in the 3 minutes that I looked at the clock, we drove by or under 8 monarchs crossing Lavaca Bay. Now to see what they are doing later when the wind calms a bit more and temp gets into the 70's ... Altus is getting her netting gear ready ... tomorrow may be the best day before the wind turns to the east. |
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| Name: Harlen E. A | Teacher's Name: Harlen E. A | ||
| City: Port Lavaca | School: Victoria Christian School 7-8 retired | ||
| State/Province: TX | Grade: 7 | ||
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