Date: 10/18/2014

Number: 82

On a beautiful sunny autumn day with temps in the high 60's and a strong southwest wind with gusts up to 25 mph I spotted 82 monarchs. The monarchs struggled with the wind and were being blown off the golden rod. In less than 6 days 80% of the golden rod, the monarchs primary food source in the area has died off.

Monarchs took to snuggling into their roosts around 5 pm. The roosts were small with one or two monarchs.

Robert Moses Beach Babylon, NY

Latitude: 40.6 Longitude: -73.3

Observed by: Barbara
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