Date: 09/07/1998

Number: 1

Don Davis reports a major monarch migration east of Toronto on the north
shore of Lake Ontario: "Gordon Vogg at Darlington Provincial Park (44N,
-78W) about 75 km east of Toronto, reports that hundreds of monarchs
concentrated in the park at the end of day on Monday, Sept. 7th. Just after
sunset, he found 2 poplar trees with roosts in them. The roosts were about
30 - 40 feet high. He estimated about 300+ monarchs covering an area of
perhaps 20 square feet. They pulled themselves together from over a 1 km
distance into these relatively small patches during the last half hour
before sunset. A major movement of raptors was also in progress, including
500 + kestrels, 50+ sharp-shinned hawks, 10+ Cooper's hawks, as well as
harriers, merlins, osprey and broad winged hawks.

Toronto, ON

Latitude: 43.7 Longitude: -79.5

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