Date: 01/01/2013
Number: 1
The third largest California overwintering site in 2012
This wintering site is known as Private Property near Big Sur. 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: 2,076
November, 2011: 9,821
November, 2012: 15,671
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
Xerxes Society.
Big Sur, CA
Latitude: 36.2 Longitude: -121.6
Observed by:
Contact Observer
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