Date: 01/01/2014

Number: 30293

The largest California overwintering site in 2013

This wintering site is known as Pismo Beach, North Beach Campground. It was one of 6 sites that had more than 10,000 monarchs during the annual Thanksgiving Count in November, 2013.

This site's Thanksgiving Count data:

November, 2010: 21,286

November, 2011: 18,000

November, 2012: 28,086

November, 2013: 30,293

Summary of 2013 Thanksgiving Count data:
Total reported: 211,275 monarchs

Total counts: 162 sites

Average: 1,304.2 monarchs

Data collected by volunteers for the 2013 Western Monarch Thanksgiving Counts. Database created by Dennis Frey (Cal Poly), Shawna Stevens (Cal Poly), and Mia Monroe (Muir Woods NPS) Updated on January 30, 2014, by Mia Monroe and Candace Fallon (The Xerces Society).

Pismo Beach, CA

Latitude: 35.2 Longitude: -120.7

Observed by:
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