Date: 09/15/2015

Number: 350

Arrived to a crowded parking lot at the Tip just after 7:00PM. Monarchs were nectaring on the goldenrod nearby (more males than females forget exact numbers). People were getting excellent photos. Winds had died down, earlier they had been light from the southwest. Temperature was around 20C so the Momarchs were in no rush to settle and were gliding all along the main trail to the tip almost at eye level. Some small roosts started to develop but gradually I think most settled in two Hackberry trees growing next to each other in the interior area fairly close to the Tip. They would circle above and you could look up at the blue sky to see them silhouetted before they lazily came to rest with the last ones arriving just before the sun disappeared on the horizon. Wednesday is warm (expected high 27C) and sunny so I expect they will have left at sunrise. Look out Ohio here they come.

Point Pelee National Park, ON

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -82.5

Observed by: Laura
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