Date: 09/10/2012

Number: 2806

At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (North Lookout) in Kempton, PA... 10 September, 2012:

Single day count: 2,806 monarchs!


Previous one day record: 883 on 4 September, 2012


Prior to this year the single day record was 815 on 4 September, 1997.


The highest monarch season total at Hawk Mountain was 5,705 in 1997.


The lowest monarch season total at Hawk Mountain was 115 in 2002.


The average monarch season total at Hawk Mountain: 1,804 (SD: 1505.796)


This one day count is greater than 76% of the SEASON totals at Hawk Mountain.

Pretty impressive numbers. On 9 September, in a clover field at the base of Hawk Mountain in New Ringgold, PA... I netted 25 monarchs in just less than 45 minutes -- 42 monarchs by the end of 2 hours (with a broken foot I might add!). It's been a good flight year here in Schuylkill County, PA.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Kempton, PA

Latitude: 40.6 Longitude: -75.9

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