Date: 09/30/2011

Number: 300

Yesterday (9/30) evening five miles east of Fort Stockton on I-10 just before sunset several hundred monarchs roosted in the trees of the campground we stayed at. I counted 45 monarchs in one tree and more were coming in. Many trees had five to 10. Today (Oct 1) there were many monarchs crossing I-10 in the low areas as we drove from Fort Stockton to Ozona. The land was parched. About 30% of the junipers had turned brown but the mesquite still looked good. Continuing east, from Sonora to Kerrville there were few monarchs crossing I-10.

Courtesy of TX-BUTTERFLY

Editor’s Note: We are estimating 300 monarchs based on observer’s estimate of “several hundred.”

Fort Stockton, TX

Latitude: 30.7 Longitude: -102.8

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