This past weekend we went to the "Monarch & Migration Weekend" at Presqu'ile Provincial Park in Brighton, ON. We walked the beaches in early morning to see the migrating shorebirds, saw a Monarch butterfly banding, saw a bird banding, went on on a guided birding hike to Owen Point, drove to Calf Pasture Point to see humingbirds (we saw some) and had a great time. The beaches at the park in the early morning are a great hotspot for migrating shorebirds.
The banding of the Monarch butterflies was fascinating. The first two photos show a Monarch butterfly being banded. The next photo is of Monarch butterfly eggs in a bowl. The fourth photo was taken on the hike to Owen Point and is of a Monarch butterfly caterpillar on a Milkweed plant leaf. Their eggs can only be layed on a Milkweed plant; they would die anywhere else. The last photo shows the difference between male and female Monarch butterflies.
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