Date: 09/12/2020

Number: 167

Between 5 and 6 pm today, watched monarchs arriving to roost in white pines at Eden Cemetery. Have had rain past 3 days, but clouds were breaking up this afternoon and sun was filtering through a bit. No wind, 66 degrees. Wonderful to count several clusters of roosts, with 50 or more in a cluster. Also thought it interesting that some were on pine cones....they camouflaged quite well.

The overnight temperature was 52 at midnight on the 12th, then it dropped to 45 degrees at 6:53 am on the 13th, according to weather.gov.

There are not many nectar sources at Eden cemetery - a few sunflowers and goldenrod are blooming in ditches along roadsides.

I went there yesterday at sunset to get a count, hoping for even greater numbers, but they were burning a large pile of downed tree limbs from the derecho in August, and cleaning up the grounds around the trees where the monarchs roost, so I didn't see if any were there. I'll keep checking and reporting as long as I am in the area

Rhodes, IA

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -93.2

Observed by: Linda
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