Date: 08/25/2018

Number: 200

Temperatures were too warm for clustering, I thought. But we had seen so many monarchs feeding on goldenrod that I had to go back to see them this evening.
Several roosts formed above me in a lower, cool air draw. My guess is I saw 200 monarchs total tonight...they formed about half a dozen roosts of various sizes, mostly a dozen or two. Most of the monarchs roosted alone or with one or two others; and I suspect there were lots of roosts in other areas that I didn't see.
Standing Cedars is located just south of Osceola and is managed for native meadow habitat. Today's monarchs were likely a combination of home grown and migrants. Winds were from the south today, and are supposed to stay that way for a couple of days. There might be one more good chance for a heavy roost if the weather get's cold Tuesday afternoon.
Tonight's temps were 70s and then lower 60s.....air calm.

Osceola, WI

Latitude: 45.2 Longitude: -92.7

Observed by: Pat
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