Date: 09/30/2019

Number: 160

My friend Eric Peterson texted me to report 100 or more monarchs nectaring on New England asters at 5pm in his pocket prairie.

As he walked around his property, he found more and more.  The monarchs started to look for roosting sites about 30 minutes before sunset.  It was 75F, humid, no wind.

Eric reported, "They roost up too high in my trees to get a photo with my cellphone.  Literally on average they roost about 17-35 feet up.  And they don't cluster at all.  It's all Willy Nilly everywhere."

10 minutes before sunset he reported: "This is insane.  Easily 50 in the last 10 minutes roosted and I'm only looking west.  Many were roosting in the east trees. My best guess now is 120- 160 monarchs are roosting on my prooerty.  They are still going up to roost but not as much anymore."

Video of monarchs nectaring in his pocket prairie/yard, a few hours before they started roosting. https://youtu.be/QoadgolYgds

Swanton, OH

Latitude: 41.7 Longitude: -83.8

Observed by: candy
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