Date: 09/27/2011

Number: 800

On the western portion of the Rockaway peninsula (Queens County, in
N.Y. City) on Tuesday (9/27) there were at least 800 Monarchs on the
move. This is conservative as the tally includes a bit more than 700
in flight plus what were actually well over 100 on flowers (mainly on
non-native flowers, it seemed). The Monarchs were still moving later
on in Brooklyn and Manhattan as well- all on a day with thick fog,
then overcast, and a breeze later from the south. Other butterflies
were noted in very minimal numbers, however Common Buckeye was present.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Rockaway peninsula, NY

Latitude: 40.6 Longitude: -73.8

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