Monarchs at Hawk Cliff, near Port Stanley, Ontario

[dannus plex]

This morning, about 7:30, the sun warmed a roost about half a mile from where the bird counters sit. This site is along the cliffs, just above the lake. The Monarchs moved westward for the next hour at about 50/minute. Too high to tag.
On Sept 5, after a cool morning at Hawk Cliff, the clouds broke and the sun came out at about 1:00. The hawk counters reported to me that at that time 100 Monarchs/minute passed over their heads. That's 6000 per hour for the next 2 hours!!!!
I wasn't witness to this, but do trust these veteran hawk watchers.

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Sept 13-7:00 a.m. - 2000 Monarchs at Hawk Cliff.

[Mona Miller]

This is so exciting. I almost feel if someone special is coming to visit. But, I have to go to the coast to see big migrations of any kinds.

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Sept 14 - 7:00 a.m. 150 Monarchs roosted overnight at Hawk Cliff.

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300 Monarchs roosted overnight. I tagged my daily quota then decided to count. From 9:00 to 1:00 approximately 5000 Monarchs went through Hawk Cliff.

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700 Monarchs roosted overnight at Hawk Cliff.

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150 Monarchs roosted overnight at Hawk Cliff on Sept 19. A few in the air during the day.