Date: 01/01/2013

Number: 1

The sixth largest California overwintering site in 2012

This wintering site is known as Gaviota State Beach. 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: no data

November, 2011: 24

November, 2012: 6,397

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.

Gaviota, CA

Latitude: 34.5 Longitude: -120.2

Observed by:
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