Date: 12/26/2012

Number: 1

Last winter's largest California overwintering site

This wintering site is known as Ellwood Main. It was the largest site last winter, and was one of only 5 sites with more than 10,000 monarchs.

Last winter's count (2011/2012): 21,000 monarchs

Previous winter's count (2010/2011): 27,600 monarchs

Data collected by county volunteers for the 2011 Western Monarch Thanksgiving Counts, and compiled by Mia Monroe, Denis Frey and Shawna Stevens for publication by the Xerxes Society.

Goleta, CA

Latitude: 34.4 Longitude: -119.9

Observed by:
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