Date: 09/11/2016

Number: 20

Travelled to Point Pelee National Park at the end of a beautiful summer day, sunny with a moderate southwest wind for most of the day. After watching 3 unsuccessfully attempt the lake crossing at Holiday Beach we were hopeful to find some in a similar predicament at Pelee. By 18:30 the wind had subsided but the temperature was still a warm 20C at sunset. Watched a small cluster of approximately 20 gradually form near a Hackberry tree as the sun was sinking lower. They refused to settle and kept fluttering and disturbing each other. At sunset as we were leaving (20:00) spotted 2 separate individuals roosting in 2 separate trees on either side of the tip path. One was a female and the other's wing was hidden behind a leaf. An anthropomorphic observation would be that these fellows with their gregarious behaviour were casual about their journey and not as serious and driven as the ones we have witnessed later in the autumn with colder temperatures and shorter daylight in previous years.

Leamington, ON

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -82.5

Observed by: Laura
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