Event	Monarch Migration Sighting
Date of Sighting	10/06/99
Comments	Today (Oct 6) was the biggest wave of monarchs I've had yet. At 7:30AM while returning from the roost on Tom's Cove, I drove through a "blizzard" of monarchs! Had to go 5 mph so I wouldn't hit any of them. It was so amazing; I have never seen anything like it. Then at 8AM I sat on the primary dune and counted (with counting clickers) over 4,000 monarchs passing by me, heading southwest. Between site counts and road censuses, I estimate about 16,000 monarchs had migrated past me by 1PM. And I think this is a mild estimate. . .
Location	Chincoteague
State/Province	VA
Latitude	37.93
Longitude	-75.32
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Observer's First Name	Denise
Observer's Last Name	Gibbs
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