Date: 08/20/2015

Number: 50

The last few days have been cooler then normal and very rainy, had a low of 45 this morning and very dewey. Finally had sunshine today with a very light breeze, the monarchs, dragonflies and hummingbirds were very active today. Monarchs were busy nectaring all day on my meadow blazing stars, purple coneflowers and joe pye weed. My new england asters and glodenrod are not at full bloom yet. Went out around 8:00 tonight and watched the monarchs find small roosts in the cottonwoods, maples and elm trees. Mostly small clusters, but I did find this group of 20 before it got too dark (I lightened the photo a bit to see the count). I will keep checking this week even though I wasn't expecting any roosts this early without my asters in bloom.

Editor's note: This site reported roosting in a previous year.

Bushnell, SD

Latitude: 44.3 Longitude: -96.6

Observed by: Christina
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