Day Three Pelee Island

the very tip!

My first goal today was to walk to the end of the Fish Point Tip. I was amazed how far out it went. It was more than a kilometre, and at the very end it curled around. There were thousands of gulls today, but as luck would have it, only the four common species!

Some Sanderlings were at the very tip, and while I was at the Tip, I watched a Great Egret leave Pelee Island and head towards Middle Island.

I walked back along the beach during census, but the wind was on that side making bird life very quiet.
I ate lunch at the town restaurant, then Adam and I explored the trails behind the Winery. An old quarry is back there called Bob's Hole. It is now filled with water, but is a very interesting place. I noted a Calico Pennant dragonfly there. Butterflies included Buckeye, but we saw many of those throughout the island.

Across the road is another NCC property which we walked through. It is the Richard and Beryl Ivey property. Some abandoned farm machinery and old trucks were in the woods. There were some large trees in this one.

Chinquapin Oak

In mid afternoon, Dean Ware came along and we walked along Stone Road looking at butterflies. There seemed to be more Least Skippers out this day, as well as a few Northern Broken Dash. Most interesting was a very small Orange Sulphur that was almost half the size as a normal one.

"runt" Orange Sulphur

Another walk behind the winery in the wildflower area was fruitfull for butterflies. We took another look at Bob's Hole.