Date: 09/29/2017

Number: 850

Although we were not able to count as many monarchs as other visitors, we did see quite a nice gathering of them tonight. My son was quite pleased as was I. After reading all week long about huge numbers moving through northeast of us in Ontario we have been wanting to get to Point Pelee. There were some visitors who were novices at looking at Monarchs who we were able to assist with finding them. It was great to see more interest. With a strong North wind all day I thought we would see nothing. First ones we were able to locate were on a tall interior Hackberry tree just to the northeast of the "Dangerous Current" sign (200.) The easiest observable and largest one was further south just east of the tip path (600.) Two small groups of about 25 each, not as high up, maybe 2 metres, just west of the East Beach. I wish I knew more tree names in order to tell you the varieties. Saw a single one on the southeast side of the tip pointed out to us by a former co-worker of mine sitting pretty on a low leaf one metre off the ground. Perfect for even camera phone photographs. Temperatures overnight forecast down to 11C inland. No tags seen. There were most likely many more as they were not all in one area and the single one is a prime example. The blurry camera phone photograph shows how well they are camouflaged in plain sight.

Leamington, ON

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -82.5

Observed by: Laura
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