Date: 09/10/2019

Number: 300

A friend who lives about 10 miles from our home sent us this photo of monarchs roosting in one of his trees. There was more than one grouping of monarchs.

Editor's note: contacted observer for more details on this sighting. Observer response: Yes there was at least 300 to 1000 really hard to count. The wind was quite brisk with some heavy gusts from the south, temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s. Late afternoon, they gathered on the north end where there was protection from the wind. The meadow the hedgerow is on is old farmland that is now covered with golden rod, lots of milkweed, and other wild flowers. There were a more Monarch in the meadows this summer. And I had a small group (20 or so) last year that stayed in my pines behind my house for a week or two.

Java Center, NY

Latitude: 42.6 Longitude: -78.4

Observed by: Donna
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