Date: 10/02/2010

Number: 1

Saturday was a beautiful day with temperatures in the 60's with a northeast wind. The previous day Tropical Storm Nicole passed through. I observed over a six hour period over 700 monarchs. Unlike my last spotting two weeks ago where the monarchs came in droves over a shorter period in time, on this day the arrivals were spread out over many hours. The majority of monarchs looked strong, healthy and were eager to feed on golden rod nectar, a few had torn wings but were just as diligent to feed. At sunset they roosted in a much larger area. Their predecessors two weeks before, where hundreds of monarchs roosted on one pine tree, today there were 10 -40 on a tree, but many more trees.On the next day I only spotted 30 over a 5 hour period. I can't figure out when they leave the South Shore of Long Island, if they fly out over the Atlantic Ocean to their next stop or do they fly west along the coast and skirt New York City? Bon Voyage!! My observation time: I was watching for 6 hours and ___ minutes.

Hauppauge, NY

Latitude: 40.8 Longitude: -73.2

Observed by: Barbara
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