Date: 10/13/2015

Number: 1200

I began to notice a few Monarchs in the sky from my kitchen window starting about 8 AM and the continued moving over our bluff going West until about 12 PM. My husband drove to the River Bottom about 11-11:30am where we have heavy trees and lots of Golden Eye and Frostweed. He "scared up" what he estimated to be about 1,000 from the Golden Eye and Frostweed growing close to the bluff. He did not see them "hanging" like a roost. We returned the afternoon of the 14th and saw that approximately 300 were still there. Between those that landed in the River Bottom to feed and the ones fluttering overhead I think we probably saw at least 1200. I noticed a few stopping on the blossoms of an Evergreen Sumac bush on the bluff.

Campwood, TX

Latitude: 29.7 Longitude: -100

Observed by: Ann
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