Date: 09/11/2001

Number: 1

Dropped by Presqu'ile Provincial Park this afternoon to capture monarchs
and found good numbers in the abundant goldenrod. Monarchs were fighting
to make progress in the south-westerly winds (which had been out of the
north earlier in the day) and congregated in areas with goldenrod that
were sheltered by trees. In four hours, I had captured 350 monarchs.
Many seemed to have recently hatched as the wings were relatively soft and
unhardened.

Also seeing monarchs passing through a number of towns and villages along
the north shore of Lake Ontario, crossing high above our major 6 and 4
lane expressway (highway 401) that follows in close proximity the north
shore of Lake Ontario (and which extends from Windsor in the west all the
way to the Quebec border in the east. All soaring in a typical
south-westerly direction.

September 18

After all the movement noted last week at Presqu'ile and Leslie Street
Spit (Toronto) and at Port Dover on Lake Erie (Long Point)

Brighton, ON

Latitude: 44.1 Longitude: -77.8

Observed by: Donald A.
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