Date: 09/13/2018

Number: 272

Sept 13th 2018
Point Pelee National Park @The Tip
21°c, ENE wind @15kmh
It had been cloudy ALL day with a break in the clouds around 5:45pm when the sun peeked through
272 Monarchs counted in the evening. When they arrive singly or there are small clusters I use my counter. Yes my counter showed 27two :)
However I did not count the numerous Pesty Midges...cool though to observe the pillars or funnels of them from a distance!!
Numerous Monarchs arrived from the north on the west side & flitted to Interior trees.
Monarchs at The Tip were basking on the large rocks. I did observe around 6 pm 3 Monarchs individually venture out south over Lake Erie.
Clusters of 2-3-4-6 & 8 were seen near the red 'snow' fence along west path.
A couple of small clusters also seen Tip Shuttle stop.
We also saw a Cicada, a Fox Snake, a Brown Bat, a Mouse & a Racoon.

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Leamington, ON

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -82.5

Observed by: Darlene
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