Date: 10/07/1998

Number: 1

They're here!The Monarchs began arriving here in western Moore county
on about Oct.2nd. We were noticing about 15 to 20 per hour as
they arrived 2 days after a cool weather front. The numbers have
jumped dramatically the past three days. On Monday, we noticed
larger numbers of Monarchs gathering in the trees. 10/5 there
were two groups of approximately 50 in our backyard trees.
Tuesday we counted over 100 flying south per hour, with several
hundred taking shelter here in the evening. Wednesday, we counted
more than 200 per hour. There are now over 1,000 in our rows
of Elm, Juniper, cedar, locus, mulberry, and Austrees. We expect
them to leave on Thursday morning. Other reports from surround-
ing farms indicate numbers in the thousands in a couple of areas.
A news crew from KAMR Amarillo filmed a short news story about
the migration and the unusally high numbers we are seeing for
our area. It has been estimated that the numbers flying through
the Panhandle

Dumas, TX

Latitude: 35.8 Longitude: -102

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