Date: 09/16/2019

Number: 100

I was notified last night that there was a roost at this location. I went around 7:45 this morning to see and photograph them. The homeowner said there had been some present in their trees for about a week, but nothing like they had seen last night. She reports there were hundreds flying around and she showed me videos of them.

This morning, there were not quite so many - I estimate around 100 - but they were scattered over the property and were already starting to leave. There are many Colorado blue spruce trees and maples. There's a farm pond on the 10-acre property and a clover field in bloom relatively nearby, to the east.

Sunrise was at 7:20, but it was cloudy. Temperature at 8:00 this morning was 65 with a northeasterly wind at about 4 mph. The monarchs were mostly on the north and northeast side of the trees, so with that northeasterly wind, that may be why they were taking off so early.

I was able to tag six of the ones that were on the lower branches. (Monarch Watch tags.) They were a little on the smallish side and a couple of them had very thin abdomens.

Payne, OH

Latitude: 41.1 Longitude: -84.7

Observed by: Kylee
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