Date: 09/05/2019

Number: 140

Time of day you first saw the roost:
6:30 pm they started flying in and around the yard from the fields.

Date the roost first formed:
This is the 3rd day in a row I have had a roost and my 3rd day reporting. So not sure if the same ones or not? The numbers increase each day.

Nectar sources nearby like clover, alfalfa fields or wildflowers:
Yes all of the above! We have hay fields and fields full of Goldenrod and also my pollinator gardens as we are a Monarch Waystation with Monarch Watch.

Overnight temperatures:
It is 68 right now, low projected at 60 tonight.

Wind direction. Were the monarchs shielded from the wind in this location?: Calm wind at the moment, we are on a ridge so very little protection from wind. The monarchs are all on my line of windbreak Hybrid Willows.

How you counted or estimated the number of adults roosting:
I counted them as best I could. I found 5 separate roosts and tried counting the butterflies in each of them.

Viroqua, WI

Latitude: 43.5 Longitude: -90.8

Observed by: Emily
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