Date: 10/02/2015

Number: 500

Sitting in my backyard in the end ending watching literally hundreds of monarch butterflies fluttering amongst my trees...Beautiful site to behold!

The temperature for that night was in the low 50's and the winds were 8-10 mph and from East. I first noticed the butterflies about 6:00 pm but there were only a few, but the closer it got to nightfall more butterflies appeared. I am not sure about clover or alfalfa fields as we live on the very edge of town and there are fields at the edge of our backyard and go for miles. The trees in our yard vary but are mostly pecan and we also have some grapevines. There was not shielding from the wind which was mild for this area anyway and almost died completely about 11pm.

Editor’s note: Observer confirmed 10/02 is the night the roost formed.

Goree, TX

Latitude: 33.5 Longitude: -99.5

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