Date: 09/11/2015

Number: 700

Several monarchs observed on our butterfly bush today (20). A friend observed many roosting in a tree this morning (9/12). She lives about 5 miles East of town. She took a picture of them in her tree and there were 42 that I could count, but she said she thinks there were at least 700!!

This is a rural area so there probably are alfalfa fields and clover nearby but I can't confirm that. There are a ton of sunflowers and other wildflowers in my friends pasture and she does have a big butterfly bush in her yard. The overnight temperature here was 51 degrees. They are pretty well sheltered where they roost overnight.

Editor's note: We've re-dated this report from 9/12 to 9/11, the night the roost formed. No roost the night of the 12th. They had moved on.

Saint Francis, KS

Latitude: 39.8 Longitude: -101.8

Observed by: Lila
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