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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: MEGHAN on November 15, 2009, 10:53:45 PM

Title: Monarch Butterfly
Post by: MEGHAN on November 15, 2009, 10:53:45 PM

Saw one lone Monarch fluttering around Humber Bay East Thursday November 12
Meghan

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Post by: Raven11:11 on November 18, 2009, 08:53:13 PM

That's unbelievable!! I am not a specialist however this one must have a lakefront condo.

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Post by: MEGHAN on November 21, 2009, 03:10:02 AM

I agree Irene, I am not an expert either. I just figured they all had started heading to Mexico for the winter.
Something I would LOVE to do as well.  :D
Hopefully this guy will make it out of here in time.
I think everything is a little confused after all this wonderful November weather we have been having.
Enjoy it!
Meg

Title: late monarchs
Post by: Howieh on November 21, 2009, 12:47:03 PM

I've never heard of a December monarch sighting in Toronto but I was in Niagara Falls in early Dec of 2001(?) for a 2 night stay and saw a monarch on Dec 5. The trip, with a group, was planned weeks earlier and we REALLY lucked in with the weather, temp 18C, people in shorts and tees, etc.! Probably should have reported it to somebody but it didn't occur to me at the time. Monarchs have been seen at Point Pelee in Dec but such sightings ARE extremely rare.

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Post by: MEGHAN on November 22, 2009, 02:12:30 AM

It just shows that  winter is far off.
Maybe just wishfull thinking on my part.
Meg

Title: December monarch sighting in Toronto
Post by: Craig McL on November 24, 2009, 04:54:45 PM

The only Monarch record in Toronto (kept by the Toronto Entomologists Ass.)  was on Dec 4 the year slips me right now ??
I think it was 1999  
but it was seen after 3 days of +55  along the Donvally park way just south of Lawrence Av . it was fresh witch make us thing that it was a vary late emerger ..  :shock:


Craig