I decided to head down to Point Pelee this morning for a change of pace. The weather was perfect today, unlike yesterday where the weather forecast was wrong once again. It was simply a nice day to be out!
From Shuster Trail, I walked down East Beach to the Tip. There were lots of gulls along the way (mostly Bonaparte's). At one point, I heard the sound of a Little Gull and then saw two individuals on the beach. One was an adult, while the other was a first summer. Here is a series of photos:
Three Horned Grebes swimming on the lake in the same area were nice to see for this time of year. The only butterflies I saw were several Summer Azures and two Spicebush Swallowtails.
At the Tip, there were quite a few gulls, but nothing unusual.
I then headed up West Beach Trail. Not too many butterflies, but other species included Tiger Swallowtail, Orange Sulphur, Orange Crescent, Little Wood Satyr, Question Mark and Monarch.
At De Laurier I noted a couple of Silver-spotted Skippers and two or three more Monarchs at the weather station.
Nothing else of note, but it was just nice to be out!
Good job finding the Little Gulls and getting photos. I went out briefly last week through High Park but nothing really of too much note. I'm hoping to do some butterflying in there in the next little while.
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