Date: 09/21/2018

Number: 3000

Three to four thousand Monarchs stopped by to help us celebrate our 44th wedding anniversary, Sept 21, 2018!

We have over twenty Black Locust trees in the center of our circle drive, in the middle of our 40 acres of grasslands in southwest Kansas. Our property is actually located right in the middle of the Cimarron National Grasslands.

This evening I found large clusters of Monarchs on at least ten of our Locust trees. I counted more than 1,000 individuals in the largest tree, 172 individuals in the smallest. My best guess is there are easily 3,000 specimens in this roost, most likely many more than that.

They look very healthy. Wings are not tattered. Color is vibrant. This is the largest roost we've seen out here since the mid-80s.

Rolla, KS

Latitude: 37.1 Longitude: -101.8

Observed by: Randy
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