Date: 09/20/2009

Number: 1000

Hundreds if not thousands in my trees this afternoon. Not the first time I've noticed them, a few daily have been coming through for better than a week, but numbers highest today. I think that the weather is suppose to get cooler here this week. I live 2 miles west of Tribune, Kansas. I was mowing the yard and at times the air was thick with monarchs. It's evening now and they are all roosted in my trees. I�ve got a lot of trees for western Kansas. That�s where they were at. In the shade or on the shady side of the tree.
My observation time: I was watching for 4 hours.

We had a cold front go through last night (9/20). Wind and light rain. This morning a few were still around but by this afternoon I could find none at all. Just who are the smart ones here? It�s going to get colder here and they�re the ones headed to Mexico! Ha!

Summary

Saw thousands Sunday afternoon, 9/20, went out Sunday evening in the dark and took a couple pictures with my phone of monarchs hanging on tree limbs. It was late and dark but from what I could see they were still around. Monday, 9/21, late morning 8:30-9:00 I went out in yard to see if they were still there and could find none. When they actually left I�m not sure, but looked today (9/22)cold & windy and still no monarchs.

Tribune, KS

Latitude: 38.5 Longitude: -101.8

Observed by: michael
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