Date: 09/19/2012

Number: 100

Swarms of monarchs after a storm that brought them from the Maritimes and islands. There were nearly a hundred in sight at any one time, so hundreds. The wind was NW at 15 and gusting to 20 kts. Our shoreline is quite rocky, so it was difficult to see if any washed up.

A cold front came through on 09/19/12 and brought an even more dense swarm of monarchs. All of our visitors forgot about the Marshall Point Lighthouse and instead stood in awe of this spectacle. Around 5 pm, the monarchs were joined by dozens of large dragonflies. It was a spellbinding sight. There seemed to be little, if any, interaction between the two species. Wind was SW 10-15 kts. Again, we were unable to see an washed up monarchs.

As of September 21st, we have seen no monarchs for the past two days, but it has been in the low 40's at night and barely 60 during the day.

Port Clyde, ME

Latitude: 43.9 Longitude: -69.3

Observed by: Mark
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