Date: 01/01/2013

Number: 1

The largest California overwintering site in 2012

This wintering site is known as Pismo Beach (North Beach Camp Ground). It was one of 7 sites that had more than 5,000 monarchs during the annual Thanksgiving Count in November, 2012.

This site's Thanksgiving Count data:

November, 2010: 21,286

November, 2011: 18,000

November, 2012: 28,086

Summary of 2012 Thanksgiving Count data:
Total reported: 147,360 monarchs

Total counts: 131 sites

Average: 1,124.9 monarchs

Data collected by volunteers for the 2012 Western Monarch Thanksgiving Counts and compile by Mia Monroe, Sarina Jepson and Candace Fallon for publication by the href="http://www.xerces.org/butterfly-conservation/western-monarch-thanksgiving-count/">Xerxes Society.

Pismo Beach, CA

Latitude: 35.1 Longitude: -120.6

Observed by:
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