Date: 10/03/2018

Number: 60

I drove from Abingdon, Virginia to Richmond, Virginia and saw many monarchs flying south over Interstate 81. I mostly saw single monarchs in the southwest Virginia area (mile markers 36, 39, 48, 50 (two here), 73, 76, 77, and 81. At mile marker 117 (near Blacksburg, VA and the top of the plateau) I saw larger numbers together (7 monarchs between MM 117 and 118) and continued to see them as we descended the plateau down toward the Roanoke valley. From mile markers 127 to 139, I saw 61 monarchs flying southward. So they definitely seem to be migrating through this area. The numbers started to diminish after that, with me seeing maybe one every mile or so in the mile markers in the 140s, 150s and 160s. The further north on I81 we went, the fewer I saw. Once we got on Interstate 64 east toward Richmond I saw very few to none.

Salem, VA

Latitude: 37.3 Longitude: -80.1

Observed by: Susan
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