Date: 09/28/2019

Number: 514

I went to do a stationary count at my favorite spot along the Lake Huron shoreline and counted 514 monarchs high overhead in 5 hours. Here is the hour by hour count:

Time Monarchs Wind

12-1PM 69 NNW-9

1-2PM 147 NNW-12

2-3PM 130 NNW-15

3-4PM 131 NNW-21

4-5PM 37 NW-10


Total: 514


Weather was cloudy with the Wind as indicated above with the Temperature 56 degrees at the start of the count, and 60 degrees at the end of count. The high topped out at 64F. This is the 7th PEAK migration for this September. I usually have 2 PEAK migartions in September since record keeping began in 2010. These are this September's PEAK dates:

Date Monarchs Wind

Sept. 4th 541 NW

Sept. 7th 134 WNW

Sept. 14th 154 WNW

Sept. 23rd 759 NW

Sept. 24th 196 NW-NE

Sept. 26th 1,301 WNW

Sept. 28th 514 NNW

Harrisville, MI

Latitude: 44.6 Longitude: -83.3

Observed by: Frank
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