Date: 10/05/2019

Number: 220

4:30pm - We were on the walking trail behind Shawnee Mission South high school and I noticed a lot of butterflies flying around. At 4:45 PM we came to an open area and I just stood, looking up in the sky and there they were flying above the tree line at about 80 feet. I’ve never witnessed a migration before today and thought it would be masses of butterflies, but that’s not the way it happened. I stood in that area for 45 minutes and they we’re flying by one by one, counting a total of 168!
At 5:30 PM we drove to our home, 3/4 a mile south of this area. I continued counting until 6 PM and saw 52 more. It was partly cloudy, 71°, winds WNW 8-10 mph.
So amazing to witness! Five hours later and I’m still grinning ear to ear!

Overland Park, KS

Latitude: 38.9 Longitude: -94.7

Observed by: joyce
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