Date: 08/23/2018

Number: 800

Report from Rosetta McClain Gardens for August 23, 2018. An absolute fantastic day tagging today. A steady overpowering flow of monarchs migrating along the bluffs on the edge of Lake Ontario! The team tagged a record 161 monarchs today bringing our YTD total to 584. Our female / male average has improved a little to 25.3% female. No OE detected yet. None of the wing deformity we saw last year yet! Lots of public interest and a steady flow of questions all day long! Lots of monarch education happening. We stopped for a few minutes when alerted that a number of the Joe-Pyeweed bushes were just loaded with nectaring monarchs. See attached photo showing some of them. Each bush had 25-50 monarchs...... looked like Cerro Pelon!
The flow though Rosetta McClain is like nothing we have seen in the last 5 years..... lets hope it continues. Good tagging Terry

Toronto, ON

Latitude: 43.7 Longitude: -79.4

Observed by: Terry
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