Date: 08/28/2019

Number: 100

Approximately 100 Monarchs roosting in 3 trees for the night. The next morning they were gone.

This roost was actually seen by a friend of mine. I told him of Journey North & he said I could post the sighting for him.

Here's his report: We first saw these in the late afternoon of Wed., August 28. We checked again on the 29th and they were completely gone.

As to nectar nearby, there are cone flowers and thistles below the three trees in which we saw the butteries. I do not recall seeing milkweed.

I made my estimate of 100 by trying to count the butteries in my photo, then multiplying by three, as there were roughly the same number in each tree. There was very little light left so the count is only an estimate, but a conservative one.

Milwaukee, WI

Latitude: 43.1 Longitude: -87.9

Observed by: Jody
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