Date: 10/01/2015

Number: 1000

The first night that the monarchs really came into roost was Oct. 1 and there were at least 1,000 monarchs.  That continued each night (1,000/night) through October 4th.  And then the numbers really dropped.  We had been having gentle north and northeast breezes which I believed really brought the monarchs south.  Their favorite roost site is one main site in a stand of western soapberry trees. It's surrounded by annual sunflower so the they have a nectar source before bedtime and before they leave in the day.  I will try to locate some pictures.  Visitors took pictures but I was too excited to even think about it.  The monarchs have been using this particularly stand of soapberries for years but we had not seen them in such large numbers for about 12 years. 

This morning (October 6) there were about 60 monarchs in the stand. Other trees on the area had around 100 more for a total of 160.

Frederick, OK

Latitude: 34.5 Longitude: -99

Observed by: Melynda
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