Date: 10/12/2015

Number: 1000

The Monarch numbers have been increasing since October 10 and appear to have peaked. They have been very active today and are massing on shrubs and trees in shady areas. Walking around the house is like being in a butterfly aviary. The temperature was in the high 90's today with very light breeze. Our irrigation system ran overnight, so I assume the damp shrubs were a cool area to perch during the heat of the day. The video was taken on the west side of our house which is quite shady. The numbers in the video are a small sample of the total number of Monarchs around the yard.

There have been 2 roosts this fall which is consistent with last year. The shrubs and trees were covered with Monarchs last night (10/12). Most of them were gone by around 8:00am today (10/13) with maybe 30 or so still fluttering around the yard. The second roost formed much faster and didn't stay as long as the first.

Burnet, TX

Latitude: 30.8 Longitude: -98.3

Observed by: Carmen
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