Date: 10/11/2017

Number: 1000

The 1,000 number is a conservative estimate for the one area where we were located for the entire week. Many small clusters of Monarchs were seen on live oaks and pecans along the road on 10/11-10/13. Most likely more that we didn't see.

It was hard for me to estimate but I guessed that there were probably 1000 that passed through during that time period. They were not there for the entire week but a cumulative total. Some would arrive one night and then leave in the morning. Though it was also difficult to determine if they were leaving or just moving. We had North winds until Thursday and then after that many off the remained Monarchs seemed to be sticking around.

The winds shifted to the East originally Thursday and then gradually to the south by Friday. There were still large numbers of Monarchs after that. I didn't work on Saturday, but my supervisor said it was easily 300 plus in that one area. They were roosting on Friday morning in that same area but i'm not sure if they were there after that.

Belton, TX

Latitude: 31.2 Longitude: -97.6

Observed by: Charlie
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