Date: 10/10/2009

Number: 1

Week 6 continued the upward trend in the number of monarchs seen on our Road Census. Claire I. recorded 113 monarchs on the morning census on October 10.

Week 5 has produced the largest numbers of migrant monarchs to date for the 2009 season. Claire I. recorded 101 monarchs on the mid-day census on October 5.

The Monarch Monitoring Project (Cape May Bird Observatory / New Jersey
Audubon) in Cape May, NJ is conducting its 20th year of research and education. Road Census data (sampling migrant monarch numbers along the mid-Atlantic coast) for the first four weeks of the 2009 season is now posted on our website. Details of our project may also be found on the website.

http://www.rkwalton.com/mon.html

Courtesy of Dick Walton

Director, Monarch Monitoring Project

Cape May, NJ

Latitude: 39 Longitude: -74.9

Observed by:
Contact Observer

The observer's e-mail address will not be disclosed.
Contact will be made through a web-based form.