Date: 09/08/2019

Number: 500

One of 5 branches they were crowding.

Editor's note: contacted observer for more details on this sighting

There were probably 5 places where the monarchs were clustering like this with others flying around. Date was Sunday, 9-8, noticed them flying in one direction around 6:30. 6:45pm I found them roosting.

Sunday’s high was 64. So by 7:00pm it was probably 60.
Winds were pretty light coming from the northwest I believe.
There were several large white pines on the property that provided wind protection. But winds were light.

This was on the property of a flower grower/distributor, Walters Gardens. Very extensive landscaping with a lot of nectar sources and a lot of variety of flowers in their landscaping.

Zeeland Twp, MI

Latitude: 42.8 Longitude: -86

Observed by: Robert
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