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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: thouc on March 28, 2013, 09:44:20 AM

Title: First Butterfly
Post by: thouc on March 28, 2013, 09:44:20 AM

I saw my first butterfly of the season yesterday at Riverwood, a Mourning Cloak.

Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: Bird Brain on March 28, 2013, 12:20:56 PM

Wow, this is great to know!  Will definitely be looking for butterflies, especially with tomorrow and Saturday's forecast.  :)

thouc .... did you report your sighting to Ontario Butterflies (Google group) or ebutterfly.ca  ?   8)

Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: Bluffs Birder on March 28, 2013, 08:18:53 PM

Great find thouc.  Thanks for posting.

Walter

Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: gary yankech on March 30, 2013, 09:24:40 AM

cool....have not been thinking about  butterflies yet, last year with  the warm weather, we had so many early sightings. This year, I suspect will not be the same.

Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: Reuven_M on March 30, 2013, 10:04:03 AM

I had 2 mourning cloaks yesterday in Erindale Park.

Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: Howieh on April 07, 2013, 11:17:19 AM

Butterfly hunters take your marks! Sunny breaks and warmer temperatures look probable for this afternoon. :)

Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: Brian Bailey on April 07, 2013, 01:48:33 PM

Good prediction! I had my first Mourning Cloak in my backyard just now.  

BB

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Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: Bird Brain on April 07, 2013, 03:34:19 PM

Yippee, Mourning Cloak at Maplewood Park, 1pm - first sighting for this Spring!   :D

Weather:  sun/cloud, wind gusts 61 km/hr, +18c.  Wow!  

(East side of Glen Erin Dr., just North of Aquitaine Ave.)

Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: thouc on April 02, 2014, 04:30:34 PM

Quote from: "thouc"

I saw my first butterfly of the season yesterday at Riverwood, a Mourning Cloak.

Same this year, just some days later.

Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: Trillian Flummox on April 06, 2014, 06:58:31 PM

I think this is an Eastern Comma (let me know if I'm wrong), at Riverdale Farm today. My first butterfly of the year!

Title: Re: First Butterfly
Post by: Howieh on April 11, 2014, 01:13:58 AM

Finally saw my first butterfly of the year, a mourning cloak in Earl Bales Park. Later on a half hour visit to Bestview Park was rewarded with 3 mourning cloaks and at least 5 (and probably more!) eastern commas.