Monarch sightings at Point Pelee should take off as temperature tumbles
There should be good butterfly viewing at the national park for the next two weeks
Conditions are better for butterfly watching at Point Pelee, now that the heat wave is over.
Sarah Rupert works at the national park. She says when it was staying hot overnight, the monarchs were not bothering to stop, and just kept flying through.
With the chillier nights, Rupert says your chances of seeing monarchs at the park are a lot better.
"You either have to be here in the evening when they're starting to come into their roost, or first thing in the morning, because during the day — even if it's not favourable winds to cross the lake — they do disperse and go and feed, so you won't see them just sitting in the tree, unless it's super, super cold and they can't fly."
There should be good butterfly viewing for the next two weeks, according to Rupert.
Monarch Migration Update Oct 1 - 4 Monarchs were spotted at the Tip this evening.
—@PointPeleeNP"They're really gonna be motoring now too," she added. "The days are getting a lot shorter, so that is also to be a motivation for them to really get moving if they've been lingering."
Rupert says the best times to see the monarchs are early in the morning or in the evening, when thousands of them can roost in trees near the tip.