Date: 10/08/2015

Number: 45

40-50 Monarchs roosted in an elm tree. First time seen was 9:30am 10/08/15 so roost had to have formed 10/07/15. Nectar source 30 feet away...large bed of eupatorium coelestinum.

Overnight low...57 degrees.
Wind 10/8/15....SSE @ 10-15 mph.
Monarchs were shielded from the wind.

Editor’s note: Observer confirmed 10/07 is the night the roost formed.

Kress, TX

Latitude: 34.4 Longitude: -101.7

Observed by: Marlin and Connie
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