Date: 10/25/2015

Number: 300

Peak migration is here, you can see them flying all over Ciudad Victoria. This morning, monarchs were seen flying over Hidalgo, Tamaulipas (about 40 miles to the northwest, at 24.244988,-99.566689) The weather was sunny and pleasant, with wind from the north. Monarchs arrived to Ciudad Victoria at approximately 2:30pm (23.733787,-99.175730). We could count 20-30 monarchs per minute from 2:30pm to 5:30 pm when they started to roost on Pecan trees, Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) and Huizache trees (Acacia farnesiana). I counted 7 small roosts in a 50 meters line with native vegetation and food sources at 6:00 pm. They seem to travel along the Sierra Madre, where they are protected from wind gusts. The Patricia Storm only caused rain on Friday and Saturday, with some moderate wind gusts. Nothing dangerous at all.

Editor's Note: We waiting for the observer's estimate of the number of monarchs roosting but are temporarily estimating 300 monarchs based on the image.

Ciudad Victoria, TAM

Latitude: 23.7 Longitude: -99.2

Observed by: Ivan
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