Date: 10/14/2015

Number: 218

10:08 to 11:08 a.m. on 10/14/15

79° and 50% humidity
no real wind, sunny and mostly clear/a few wispy clouds

100 yard viewing strip along Simpson Drive, Eagle Pass, TX
Oriented about 15 degrees off of a N heading.

Monarchs arriving from N and East coming up a rise of about 80’

Total for 1 hr: 218

Most in a single minute: 10

Typically in 1 minute: 3-5

Monarchs moving between 20-40’ tall trees, moving down the streets
about 15-20’ above the ground.

Many avid Couch’s Kingbirds accompanying.

My 15’ tall duranta bush had 8-12 nectaring at all times.

One monarch with missing L forewing on the ground. 3 beady-eyed Kingbirds within 8’ of bush.

Neighbor found 8-10 dead monarchs on the ground beneath his trees. I’ve not checked them for predation yet.

Rancher Kay Cunningham checked her forest along a creek draining into Rio Grande at the S. end of Quemado Valley 18 mi. N of Eagle Pass and reported this morning that this was the best numbers they had seen on the ranch since 2010.
She was estimating conservatively at 100s, but 500 to fewer than 1000--all spread out and just elating through the big pecan trees.

Carol Cullar Rio Bravo Nature Center Foundation, Inc.

Eagle Pass, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -100.5

Observed by: Carol
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