Date: 10/04/2009

Number: 1000

Made trip to Abilene State Park and found a large roosting area.
Roosting area is located in Day Picnic area across from the Meadow Garden viewing platform.
Look for the giant cement Benches and find the water/pond behind that.

Monarchs were clustered in Juniper, Mimosa and Pecan trees on the other side of the water.
I did see a lot in the trees on my side of pond, but those seemed to be disturbed by traffic and seemed to keep moving.

I would say at the roosting area that there were at least 1,000 Monarchs that I could see.Monarchs were all over Abilene State Park. Nature trails had some Monarchs on them. Many were viewed just from the parking lots. Some were just circling high above.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Abilene State Park, TX

Latitude: 32.2 Longitude: -99.9

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