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09/23/05 Essex, VT (44 N, -73 W)
“Between 10:30 am - 2:30 pm over 100 monarchs were counted over Brigham Hill in Essex, Vermont.”

09/24/05 Kansas City, MO (39 N, -94 W)
“I observed over 30 in a 10 minute period gliding/flying in a westerly direction.”

09/24/05 Milwaukee, WI (43 N, -87 W)
“We were in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin this morning for a large run/walk on the lake. We observed about 10-15 monarchs (bright colors...none faded) every minute flying directly south. It was overcast and chilly (65 degrees).

09/25/05 Newton, NJ (41 N, -74 W)
“The eighth grade students of Kittatinny High School have been seeing a lot of Monarchs in the last few days! We have had several reported observations":
9/23: 1.4/min (20 min observation)
9/23: 1.5/min (10 min observation)
9/24: 0.7/min (20 min observation)
9/24: 1.2/min (20 min observation)
9/24: 0.9/min (20 min observation)

09/26/05 Mystic, CT (41 N, -71 W)
Last night at sunset as I was walking for 45 minutes at Hammonassett State Park in Clinton, CT, I observed over 70 monarchs on their migratory route.

9/27/05 Perry, OK (36 N, -97 W)
“We watched Monarchs for one hour from 11:25 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. with a wind speed of 5-7 mph. During that time we saw 135 Monarchs. On September 20th, we only had ten minutes to observe. We saw 2 Monarchs in the ten minutes.”

9/28/05 Graham, TX (33 N, -98 W)
"I made a trip up to Wichita Falls, TX from Graham, TX on Wednesday. Leaving out of Graham on Hwy. 16 I was encountering 5 to 6 Monarchs crossing the highway per mile."

09/28/05 Roanoke, VA (37 N, -79 W)
Flying into a 10 mph headwind at 11:30 AM would estimate about 2 or 3 hundred in a 30 minute period. Never done this before and didn’t have any plans of it. Was just a cool observation at lunch break. Me and a buddy were amazed at how many. They seemed to deal with the headwind very well. They number may be higher but don’t want to over estimate. I think it was higher. They were everywhere. Hope it’s of use.

09/27/05 Tunnel Gap, NC (35 N, -82 W)
” I counted 225 monarchs from 6-7 pm as the clouds and mist rolled in. Monarchs were not nectaring but rather sailing over the roadway at least 20-30 feet overhead and down the embankment.