Date: 08/29/2020

Number: 75

I counted 75 monarchs tonight in my farm yard. They were clustered in several roosts in some large silver maple trees. They are on the south side of the stand of trees, there is a light north breeze today. Daytime high was 75 and forecasted low is 52. I usually see roosts in these trees every year, so cool! I have a lot of flowers and pasture with clover so maybe that's why this is a good stopover site.

I noticed a lot of monarchs fluttering around my yard about 6pm. They were testing out different trees, so I figured I'd have overnight guests tonight! I went back out about 8pm and counted and took photos (just before sunset). Tonight was the first roost I've seen this year.

Bricelyn, MN

Latitude: 43.6 Longitude: -93.8

Observed by: Sarah
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