Date: 10/05/2016

Number: 87

Oct 5, 2016: Another fantastic migration day at Rosetta McClain Gardens as summer like conditions continue. 87 monarchs sighted by the hawk watch team! 42 tagged! (Thanks to those who sent me more tags!) For the year our total is an unexpected 932 monarchs tagged...... so you know what are target is eh! A steady migration all day, mostly males, all top condition 4 and 5! Some very beautiful specimens coming through! I'd suggest there is a definitive 3rd wave of new monarchs migrating south! Amazing when you remember that our first day of tagging migrating monarchs was August 15th! Lets hope the migration continues. The raptor migration is well below expected this year with 43 seen today. 19 very graceful turkey vultures put on a great show as they slowly drifted over the park and settled right over the fountains, before slowly drifting to the SW. I don't think even one TV flapped its wings! Good tagging Terry

Toronto, ON

Latitude: 43.7 Longitude: -79.3

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