Date: 09/18/2015

Number: 200

At 4:15 pm I was outside and there were no Monarchs. I looked out of the kitchen window at 4:50 and saw many Monarchs and Dragonflies. A storm has passed thru earlier, it was still windy. They were looking for a place to roost. I saw maybe 200 Monarchs roosting the night of 9/18.

We are a Monarch Waystation plus we have several acres that we have let return to native plants so they have wild sunflowers and many other native flowers including our large butterfly garden. We live in a rural area and are surrounded by wheat fields. The overnight temps for Fri and Sat night were in the mid 60's. Yes the monarchs were sheltered from the wind in this location. We have a 400' treeline that runs east and west and they roost there every year. The numbers of monarchs has increased and there were many roosting this morning (9/20) and I am taking more photos!!!

Bluff City, KS

Latitude: 37.1 Longitude: -97.9

Observed by: Leah
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