Date: 11/12/2020

Number: 1

11 :40am-1:50pm Average feels like temp 7�c/45f. My car read 44� upon arrival & 46� at departure from Tip parking lot.
Immediately upon arrival One Monarch seen at the Tip at Point Pelee 11:40am. 7�c/45f in full sunshine while walking on West path she flew south over my head to west shoreline. She then returned to trees & landed on a Hackberry tree on a branch in the sun where she remained (wings closed) for about an hour. Uploaded photo shows how close she is to the southernmost tip of Canada patiently waiting for optimum conditions to continue south across the lake. Calm west side with chilly East wind at 13kmh. Within the hour it warmed 1 or 2 degrees & this beauty with plump abdomen began to bask in the sun for about 3 minutes then took flight breifly west then up & east across the path & to a taller tree where she landed & remained buried in the dry withered but attached Hackberry leaves. Daytime high of 10�c/50f (feels like of 5c) Daytime highs of 10�c will continue the next 4 days, some cloudy or rain. There are still a few Knapweed flowers near the Tip.
Also observed a few bees & dragonflies flying around.

*The latest I've seen a monarch at the Tip was Nov. 18 2016 or 2017 when we had above normal temps.

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Point Pelee National Park, ON

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -82.5

Observed by: Darlene
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