Date: 09/07/2019

Number: 300

Arrived mid-day at the Stonington Peninsula. We were greeted by large numbers of dragonflies and a few monarchs in flight. Our group tagged 21 monarchs.

By late afternoon, there were very few monarchs or dragonflies to be seen.

From 5-6 PM, there was a steady inflow of monarchs to the grove of trees near the parking lot.

Many arrived from the east. I was surprised to see a large number coming in from the south.

Perhaps they had spent there day on a small nearby island or the lake-side of trees on the southern edge of the
peninsula??

When the inflow had slowed, Several folks attempted to find the roosting spot but only found a small number here and there

They may have gone deeper into the grove of trees.

I’ll report a next-day observation in a separate post.

Stonington Peninsula, MI

Latitude: 45.7 Longitude: -87

Observed by: Kay
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