Date: 10/11/2021

Number: 13

Point Pelee National Park at the Tip for an hour & a half before sunset each day. Summary of 7 evenings 10/5-10/11. Oct 11th was the last count of fall migration.

Last cluster was seen 10/01 consisting of 12 monarchs.

Over the 7 evenings only 13 monarchs were seen.
High daytime temps were a pleasant & consistent 21c+. Overnight temps consistently 15ish.
Most days were sunny. A couple days with occasional showers. Most days had southerly wind. A couple days were northerly.

Those that nectared did so on lavender coloured asters.

A few did individually settle on Hackberry trees or Virginia creeper vine.

The last 2 days had strong SE wind. The rest were light to moderate.
Beautiful days to see & photograph migrating monarchs but so few were seen.

Zero tagged monarchs were seen from Sept. 1st to Oct. 11th.
Usually I see at least 1.

Temps will drop in a few days to max 15°c days & max 10°c nights.

All observations were by eye, binoculars & camera.

Leamington, ON

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -82.5

Observed by: Darlene
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