Last weekend I visited milkweed growing areas east and southeast of Lake Tahoe as well as west of Sacramento. I found monarchs everywhere I went. Overall I'd say monarchs are about twice as common as they were last year in late June in these areas:
Coleville, Calif. (southeast of Lake Tahoe) June 22:
http://www.learner.org/cgi-bin/jnorth/j ... 1341040121
Whitehall, Calif. (west of Lake Tahoe) June 22:
http://www.learner.org/cgi-bin/jnorth/j ... 1340659493
Gardnerville, Nevada (east of Lake Tahoe) June 22:
http://www.learner.org/cgi-bin/jnorth/j ... 1341039734
Yerington, Nevada (well east of Lake Tahoe) June 23:
http://www.learner.org/cgi-bin/jnorth/j ... 1340556288
Davis, California (west of Sacramento) June 24:
http://www.learner.org/cgi-bin/jnorth/j ... 1340667285
5 miles north of Winters, California (well west of Sacramento) June 24:
http://www.learner.org/cgi-bin/jnorth/j ... 1340660706
Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.