Date: 09/19/2020

Number: 50

No camera on me at the beach but I saw ~50 roosting in the morning and flying around throughout the day

- Not sure when the roost originally formed but I was camping at Hither Hills last weekend (9/18-9/20) and noticed them roosting in the shrub plants around the park in the early mornings

- I found about 50 roosting throughout the park in groups of 10-15. I figured it was the same ones I saw flying around later in the day so I didn’t count them again.

- There was a lot of seaside goldenrod around and a lot of yellowing common milkweed plants. I didn’t see much feeding but I noted the plants

- I believe they were young pitch pines or maybe dwarf pines they roosted on

- It was pretty windy where they were - I’m not sure they had much shelter from the wind

- Noticed a lot of them flying either south or south west

Montauk, NY

Latitude: 41 Longitude: -72

Observed by: Mel
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