Date: 10/04/2013

Number: 300

Weather conditions at Clearville Park are perfect today. 75 F, very humid, sunny with light winds. A steady stream of Monarchs are flying south west along the Lake Erie shore line on their way to Pt. Pelee where they will roost until favourable weather conditions take them across the lake to Ohio. About 300 butterflies per hour are moving through Clearville Park at tree top level or higher with the odd one dropping down to fill up on nectar. Native nectaring plants such as Golden Rod and the various types of Aster plants at Clearville Park are still abundant and in good condition. Weather conditions are expected to hold through tomorrow with change occurring on Sunday, Oct 6. It is not unusual to see a good migration tail this time of year. What was unusual this year was the lack of butterflies during the normal peak migration which occurs around Sept 15 at Clearville Park.

Clearville Park, Ontario, ON

Latitude: 42.5 Longitude: -81.8

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