Date: 10/05/2018

Number: 50

At dawn, several Monarchs were fluttering from treetop to treetop, two doors west of my property. I walked the street but couldn't identify any particular roost tree. By sunrise, there was serious nectaring in my gardens, up to 12 at a time, then drifting south to be replaced by others. Steady turnover. This lasted until a south wind kicked up at which time the nectarers quit feeding, then heading south. I had a dozen+ until 10:30am or so (I assumed it was the same group because there was a male with a deformed wing among them), then diminished to about 6. Evening, only 1 or two around. Spectacular! I can only estimate the actual numbers, but have never seen that many since establishing my nectar/butterfly garden.

Broken Arrow, OK

Latitude: 36.1 Longitude: -95.7

Observed by: Virginia
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