This week showed only slight Monarch movements. However, numbers remain locally high and there are many fresh, recently emerged ones. Caterpillars and chrysalises are still common in proximity to milkweeds.
Census Totals: Monarchs per hour
9-22: 125.36
9-23: 158.00
9-24: 26.44
9-25: 5.08
9-26: 6.10
9-27: 9.15
9-28: 88.00
Monarchs per hour for Week 4: 59.56
Mean monarchs per hour cumulative: 64.62
Members of the Monarch Monitoring Project: Dick Walton, Patsy Eickelberg, and Bradley Smith were interviewed this past week by NBC 40. A link to the story and news segment as it aired on television can be found here. Hopefully, this link will stay active for some time...
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