Recent sightings

Warm and sunny afternoon.

Calm, 60 deg., mostly cloudy

Mid 50’s. Sunny&breezy

mild, sunny, no wind

Incidental sighting outside my apartment. It was very windy, 50 degrees,and the Monarch was on the ground. It was very much alive but in the parking lot so I picked it up and held it for awhile and released it along the apartment building in the sun.

Walking the school woods to our pond with one of my STEAM classes. We found a Monarch on the path, unable to fly. It was below 50 degrees. Brought it inside (after about a minute it started flying around the cafeteria). Offered her some freshly picked wildflowers from our prairie and fed her hummingbird food too. Going to release her today (it's right at 50 degrees-- hoping it can fly off!).

High temp of 51F, with brisk wind from the NW. While visiting with the staff of the research station we saw a few Monarchs flying south.

53 degrees but just sunny enough to bring out a butterfly

Sunny day, on asters

55 degrees, mostly sunny but windy off the lake; 12:30-1:30pm

I spent a few hours on the hawk tower at Forest Beach and saw monarchs drifting south, along with a few Common Green Darners. And hawks.

29th Wisconsin record for this species which was first seen in Wisconsin in 2002.

overcast, about 70 degrees, calm.

Only one butterfly seen - it's pretty behind!

Incidental while collecting wildflower seeds for the DNR

Prairie trail at the end of Memorial Drive in Watertown. Sunny, 63 deg. and breezy. Butterflies and moths (Celery Loopers as we've learned) were nectaring on the purple and Frost asters.

mid afternoon, sunny, breezy, mid 70s. in floral planting

early afternoon, sunny, breezy, in the 70s

13 painted ladies on one sedum plant!

The Confluence Ponds are near COSCO in Middleton, along Deming Way. Lots of Painted Ladies still around. Butterflies were at the west end of the ponds nectaring on clover right near the trail.

Incidental while gardening

Sunny and 68,

Sunny 55 degrees about 10-10:30 am

9:00 am to 11:45 am. Our group of four from the Madison area were at the Preserve to watch for hawks and other raptors. While watching for birds from the observation platform at the NE corner of the property, we had a steady trickle of Monarch butterflies flying to the south.

Saw at least 10 migrating monarchs fighting a stiff west wind to fly southwest across the highway.

12:40 - 13:10 while walking my dog - so low counts. 64 F, NW wind 8 mph with gusts to 17 mph. All 10 Painted Ladies were on 1 New England Aster plant. Both the Red Admiral and the Monarch were fresh.

Monarchs observed migrating from 10:10 to 11:10 AM tallied 163.

Sunny and about 65 degrees

Sunning on my porch

sunny, upper 50s, slightly breezy