Date: 09/27/2015

Number: 373

September 27, 2015 from about 0730 until 1200. On White Lake Wildlife Management Area, near Dyersburg TN, a friend and I searched two fields dominated by Pennsylvania smartweed. One field about 30 acres, the other smaller, 15 - 20 acres. Each field bordered on two sides by black willows. Early, monarchs were flying from willows to smartweed. The count of 373 is conservative. We tagged 100 monarchs and feel sure that there were at least 5 or 6 untagged for each one we tagged. Also, another nearby large field of smartweed was inaccessible and probably had many more monarchs.

Dyersburg, TN

Latitude: 36.1 Longitude: -89.4

Observed by: Bob
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