Date: 01/01/2017

Number: 17100

The third largest California overwintering site in 2016

This wintering site is known as Butterfly Grove Sanctuary, Pacific Grove. It was one of 6 sites that had more than 10,000 monarchs during the annual Thanksgiving Count in November, 2016.

This site's Thanksgiving Count data:
November, 2010: 4,968
November, 2011: 12,265
November, 2012: 10,790
November, 2013: 13,420
November, 2014: 18,128
November, 2015: 11,472
November, 2016: 17,100

Summary of 2016 Thanksgiving Count data:
Total reported: 298,464 monarchs
Total counts: 253 sites
Average: 1,197.7 monarchs

Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count Data from 1997–2016. Monroe, M., E. Pelton, S. McKnight, C. Fallon, D. Frey, and S. Stevens. 2017.

Pacific Grove, CA

Latitude: 36.6 Longitude: -121.9

Observed by:
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