Date: 10/12/2005

Number: 1

Great evening sunset! Observed from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. and saw 168 Monarchs sailing on northeast breezes about 3-5 mph looking for their evening roost. It was a clear day, low humidity with temps about 79. A handful decided to roost in my ash trees but many checked them out and pressed on south for better places. My hyper puppy in the backyard didn't encourage a restful stay. I did observe an interesting thing, dragon flies seemed to be accompanying the monarchs. I'm not familiar with dragon flies so I don't know if this is a common event or totally unrelated. It was a beautiful sunset and the Monarchs are very good at timing their roost choice just before the sun slips under the horizon. It's been two years since I've seen this many and it was fun to have them choose our ridge to fly over this year.

Pilot Point, TX

Latitude: 33.3 Longitude: -96.9

Observed by: Gayle
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