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EventMonarch Migration Sighting
Date of Sighting09/12/99
CommentsSeptember 11th and 12th (Sat and Sun) - Saw hundreds/thousands of monarchs migrating along Lake Michigan through Ozaukee County - just north of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin. I was at a cross-country meet in the AM - one mile off the Lake and was seeing a monarch a minute. Many sighting were in pairs/triplets. In the PM I was right along the Lake Michigan bluff and the migration continued with the same numbers sighted. Today (Sun) saw a frontal system moving in and the numbers of yesterday halved. My students have tagged 50+ reared-monarchs thus far with many still going into chryslids as I write.
LocationMequon
State/ProvinceWI
Latitude43.22
Longitude-87.96
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Observer's First NameSteve
Observer's Last NameKupcho
Teacher's First NameSteve
Teacher's Last NameKupcho
Grade6
SchoolLAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CityMequon
State/ProvinceWI
CountryOZAUKEE

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