Date: 09/18/2015

Number: 850

Arrived at 7:00PM to identical weather conditions as 09/17. Monarchs (20) nectaring on same goldenrod patch posing nicely for the photographers. Fellow visitors reporting larger numbers nectaring earlier. Also reports that
Monarchs were hanging around the tip area all day. Another avid watcher who lives near to Pelee said the winds were not favourable through the day for the Monarchs to leave. This proved true when we started counting. Found a roost of
6 above the "42nd Parallel" sign near the tip
washrooms. We then made our way to the two
roosts reported 09/17 and 09/16. Both were
growing and eventually reached 600 at the southernmost one in the exact branches and
tendrils and 250 in the one slightly north of
there, again in the exact branches! How
curious! As we were leaving at sunset a fellow
observer noticed one at eye level on a juniper
bush adjacent to the roadway so there may well
be many more than the 850 I reported as the warm
temperatures won't necessitate them huddling
together? Saturday (09/19) forecast is for rain
and strong SE winds with an overnight low into Sunday of 9C so they will be stuck at Pelee for
another night. We won't be there to see them
though. Hopefully they will get away on 09/20 as the forecast should be more favourable with sun and warmer temperatures.

Point Pelee National Park, ON

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -82.5

Observed by: Laura
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