Migration Rate Math
Who saw the strongest migration this week?
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Week Ending October 26, 2007
Here are a few of this week's observations. Read the comments and calculate the migration rate for each. Record this fall's most impressive observations on your Record Sheet and add your favorites to your own Migration Highlights Map.

10/24/07 Victoria, TX
While driving in my car on the main street in Victoria I began to notice a number of Monarch butterflies flying overhead at about the level of the powerlines. Approximately every 5-10 seconds, while driving at 40 mph one or two monarchs would cross over the car. They all moved at about the same level and all flew in the same direction, seemingly with a purpose as they only moved in straight lines. Over the course of that day and the following I noticed them everywhere I went. They typically seemed to fly alone, although on occassion two could be observed moving together.

10/24/07 Port Lavaca Causeway, TX
My wife Altus said there were more monarchs than she had ever seen. Fantastic numbers between 2-4 pm falling out in the area. I started out across the causeway when I went back and counted 89 monarchs coming at me in the first mile and
then just quit counting.