Date: 09/30/2017

Number: 300

We arrived at 10:45 am on the morning of September 30 at the beach on the Atlantic Ocean side of The Pines on Fire Island barrier island. A steady trickle of monarchs was passing over our deck, two or three every couple minutes. They were buffeted by wind gusts that made for meandering flight paths. There were probably more than I counted because through windows I could only see those that were flying 15 to 25 feet above beach height. But when out on the deck it seemed half of the passing monarchs were trying to get further up to 30 or maybe even 50 feet above land where they seemed to sail along with steady winds moving parallel to the beach toward the Southwest. Rain on Saturday afternoon, between 2 and 3pm, stopped the flow. The morning of October 1 saw a decreased rate of stragglers still following the same route along the island.

Sayville, NY

Latitude: 40.7 Longitude: -73.1

Observed by: Eric
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