Date: 09/15/2007

Number: 1

We arrived in Cape May, New Jersey around noon and immediately started seeing many monarchs making their way westward along the beach from Cape May to the staging area at Cape May Point, New Jersey.

They were fighting a strong northwest wind (to avoid being blown over the water). Quite a few monarchs were blown out over the mouth of the Delaware Bay before they could make it to the point. We also saw many flying backwards as they fought the wind and blowing sand.

Many monarchs took advantage of the dune and bushes near the bay to get out of the wind. Others landed on the sand just out of reach from the surf to rest before pushing on.

At any one point in the afternoon you could see 3 or more monarchs at a time in any direction on the beach. Along the bushes and inland from the beach were groups in twenties or more resting out of the wind or nectaring on the flowers.

At about five pm we found a large group of monarchs roosting in an area out of the wind in the woods on or near a cedar tree in Cape May Station.

Editor's Note: This observer did not specify the number of monarchs present.

Cape May Point, NJ

Latitude: 38.9 Longitude: -75

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