Date: 09/10/2015

Number: 3

I came home from work to find three monarchs in the backyard. Two were on the Mexican sunflowers and the third was on goldenrod. I watched the two on the sunflowers from 2 to about 6 p.m. when one of the two flew off. I wondered how long the other monarch would stay. Sunset was at 8:03 p.m. The last monarch intently remained sipping nectar from flower to flower until 7:22 p.m. when it flew off. By then the light was lessening and the temperature had dropped from 79 to 72 degrees F. The last monarch had fueled up for at least five and a half hours nonstop.

Goshen, IN

Latitude: 41.6 Longitude: -85.8

Observed by: Julia
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