Date: 09/21/2018

Number: 500

This is the 4th afternoon/evening that we’ve observed monarchs in our field, enjoying the native plants. We arrived an hour earlier today, at 5pm, an overcast day with temps in the mid 70s, (about 20 degrees cooler than the last 3 days in the 90s). A breeze coming from the north.
Not so many monarchs nectaring today; many in the air, drifting and darting toward the tree line, going in and out of the woods. By 6pm, the field was empty (compared to previous evenings when they lingered til sunset). But the monarchs were still aloft, about midway between the ground and treetops. Some settling down and roosting in small groups of 3-10(when I could see/find them). They were hard to follow once they entered the woods.

Golden Eagle, IL

Latitude: 38.9 Longitude: -90.6

Observed by: Lisa
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