Date: 10/07/2003

Number: 1

Yesterday afternoon, Tues. Oct. 7, 2003 I counted 405 monarchs in just under an hour . It was misting
rain, temps mid-50s, low hanging clouds, no wind; mostly powered flight and
some gliding, heading S-SW toward Looking Glass Rock on the beautiful Pisgah
National Forest. Around 5:30 pm they started to sail around and then into
some of the giant red oaks at the overlook, and likely roosted there for the
night. Most flew into the oaks where there was some early fall coloration
from the anthocyanins, perhaps being interpreted for other aggregating
monarchs? I breathed a big sigh of relief as I feared TS Isabel had swept
them out to sea from the East Coast areas north of WNC.

Asheville, NC

Latitude: 35.6 Longitude: -82.6

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