Date: 09/22/2017

Number: 1125

September 22nd – Finally a substantial showing of monarchs. A gorgeous sunny day with temps in the 80's and a North wind @ 20 mph. I observed from 3 pm to 6 pm and counted 1125 monarchs. The food supply in the immediate area is limited with most of the golden rod not blooming yet, while about 2 miles away there is adequate golden rod and other nectaring plants. All monarchs looked healthy. At 5 pm most monarchs took to the pine trees to roost for the night. Roosts were relatively small with 1-5 monarchs per roost. Dragonflies and other butterflies were accompanying the monarchs. What a gorgeous site.

Babylon, NY

Latitude: 40.6 Longitude: -73.3

Observed by: Barbara
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