Date: 05/21/2005

Number: 1

I saw a monarch at about 1 pm Saturday May 21, 2005. Tobermory is at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, the hopping off point for northward migrating birds and butterflies crossing Lake Huron/Georgion Bay for Manitoulin Island and the mainland of Northern Ontario. Temperature was 20 degrees C, wind was from the north-west but had been southerly throughout the morning. This butterfly was quite faded but as it was moving quickly on the wind I wasn't able to observe any other details of it's condition. I was quite surprised, but very pleased to see a migrating monarch this early. Our cottage has milkweed and is host to monarch larva in July and August, but it is far too early at present for milkweed development there.

Tobermory, ON

Latitude: 45.3 Longitude: -81.7

Observed by: Peter
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