Date: 10/22/2014

Number: 120

I arrived at Federal Point, Ft Fisher this morning (10/23) a little after sunrise...it was 48 degrees and a little windy...I quickly found that 100+ Monarchs had camped out last night (10/22) in the area's cedars and wax myrtles...there were at least 20 more over the road that passed me on my way back to the aquarium...120+ is a conservative estimate...

My next stop was Ft Caswell where I observed single Monarchs floating over the huge lawn area while I searched for birds...dozens more Monarchs but many may have been counted on the other side of the inlet...amazing sight especially with good numbers of buckeyes and Gulf Frits.

Total observation time was about 3 hours...would love to hear how many Monarchs others had at other coastal locations and time periods...

Photo posted to Carolina Leps Facebook page...

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Federal Point, NC

Latitude: 34 Longitude: -77.9

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