But our first large influx was on 9/24. On Tuesday (9/24) evening, we watched monarchs coming in from the west and from the north. The ones from the west were roosting in my neighbors' denuded ash tree in his front yard. The majority of the ones from the north were roosting in a fruitless mulberry tree in his backyard. From 5:55 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. we counted 397 in the front yard, and then from 6:50 p.m. - 7:10 p.m. we counted 269 in the back yard. It was as if they were using our house as a dividing line for determining whether they would roost in the front yard or the back. I'm certain that there were many more than the ones that we've counted because they are also roosting in at least three pecan trees at the back of his yard.

On Wednesday (9/25) at 7:00 p.m.-7:20 p.m., we counted 253 roosting on a fruitless mulberry tree. They had already come in and were hidden by the shifting shadows. And we don't