Date: 09/17/2019

Number: 700

Sunday was 80 F and calm, all the monarchs left and no monarchs returned to roost. Monday was again 80's, humid with a south breeze 5 mph, a few monarchs returned to roost.
Tonight, 9-17, 75F with SE wind 5-10 mpg, I counted 8 roosts and estimated 1 roost to be 200. In total, my estimated roost and 8 other counted ones came to 680 monarchs. There were several small roosts of 5-10 and many still yet to settle so my estimate of 700 monarchs is a bit conservative.

Nectar sources: Macmillan Sunflower and New England Aster which just started blooming.

Monona, IA

Latitude: 43 Longitude: -91.4

Observed by: Jim
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