Date: 09/04/2019

Number: 200

another wonderful night......
i was worried that all of last night's butterflies might have migrated today. well, maybe they did, but there were way, way more at standing cedars tonight. the goldenrod is still at its peak, and i would say 90% of the nectaring is on that. tonight the monarchs were in yet a different location, this time in the middle of the section looking to roost in the trees that border the lower wetland area. monarchs were scattered everywhere and it was only after about half an hour of watching that a roost formed on one of the highest trees. it was very satisfying to see it grow and grow. finding that magic tree in a quarter mile section surrounded by trees is always a challenge, and every night is different it seems.
temps tonight were low 60s; when i got home just after 8 o'clock it was 56F.
winds were from the north today, light....maybe 5-10 mph. this evening it had switched to northeast and was very gentle........not a problem for the monarchs, and their roost was on a high branch facing north.
did see several other small roosts, and i suspect there were other sizeable ones.
monarch numbers could have totaled from 200 to 500.......impossible to say in such a large area.
thanks for reading.....pswerk

Town of Farmington, WI

Latitude: 45.2 Longitude: -92.7

Observed by: Pat
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