Date: 09/24/2017

Number: 50

Monarchs were flying in from the direction of the water over the beach towards Long Island.

The wind was notably very, very calm that day, I believe coming from the direction of the water -- so blowing NW, but very gently; the ocean was fairly calm too, though crashing in large powerful waves close to shore (~10-12' crests, with people wading waist-deep behind the crash line)

It was early afternoon, I believe around 1pm. And it was a matter of about 5 or 10 minutes to see dozens of butterflies coming in from over the ocean across the beach towards Long Island.

I don't have a picture unfortunately, but here's a photo of the location. The park is a sandbar facing the Atlantic, with no development other than parks buildings and roads.

, NY

Latitude: 40.6 Longitude: -73.9

Observed by: Chris
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