Date: 11/20/2020

Number: 2

Beautiful sunny day 13c/56f (daytime high 14c/58f). Two monarchs seen at Point Pelee. One by my friend Rick at 10:40am at the Tip shuttle stop where it, a male, was flitting south, stopped momentarily on a vine (first pic in video) then continue to fly south toward Tip. Male was in good condition with plump abdomen.
Around 12:30pm while I was at The Marsh about 6kms north of the Tip I saw one off of the parking lot. It had flitted in from the NE & landed on a grassy/muddy area where it remained a couple minutes (puddling?) then took flight again landing beside my car!!...on parking lot. It again may have been puddling...proboscis was a bit uncurled. A good looking male with plump abdomen. It then took flight again....note in video it flitting to orange front light on car beside me, & then continue flying SW toward road & out of view. Warm calm east side and cooler on the west side with very strong SW wind @ 29-47kmh. A few sprigs of fresh Goldenrod here & there. Knapweed flowers still at the Tip. North wind tomorrow could get these stragglers south. How far south we'll never know. Also saw a few dragonflies, bees & an orange sulphur bfly.
Cooling the next few days with highs around 7c/45f but
Next mid week warm temps again around 10/50.
This is the latest I've seen monarchs at the Park. In 2016 I saw 3 on Nov. 18th.

https://youtu.be/pNFoxiNOQ_o
https://www.facebook.com/PeleeParadiseSanctuaryMonarchWaystation10275/

Point Pelee National Park, ON

Latitude: 42 Longitude: -82.5

Observed by: Darlene
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