The Monarch Monitoring Project is a long-term study on monarch migration through Cape May, NJ. It is a part of the New Jersey Audubon Research Department, and closely affiliated with the Cape May Bird Observatory.

Friday, October 5, 2018

Weekend Update

Monarchs have been drifting out of Cape May over the last two days, and while there are still reasonable numbers around, more are likely to head across the Bay over the weekend. How many new ones will arrive? The migration will continue for a few more weeks, and certainly more monarchs are on their way, but it's impossible to predict when the next big surge will arrive. Wins are expected to blow from the east or from the south over the next few days, and those winds don't typically bring a lot of monarchs onto the Cape, but the usually patterns haven't been holding this year. We'll just have to wait and see.



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