Point Pelee
 

Looking for short trip from Kingston. What are the migration dates(spring)for birds and butterflies. Thanks <BR>Murray <BR>

Here's the Town of Leamington webiste - there should be links there for Point Pelee National Park, Pelee Island (but the ferry is on strike at the moment), etc. <BR>http://www.town.leamington.on.ca <BR> <BR>and try the Kingsville webiste too - it has information about the annual Migration Festival held in October <BR> <BR>http://www.visitkingsville.com <BR> <BR>If you need any info, please contact me - I live in the area!! <BR> <BR>p.s. Point Pelee park has a butterfly festival too, but am unsure of the dates for that

Hello

I am interested in Point Pelee also.

But was wondering what the, Vintage Goose Inn, was like for staying?

Thanks for your help.

Joanie

The height of Spring activity at Pelee is compressed into about three weeks starting in early May. Note it is VERY busy at that time and often reservations for lodging must be made many months in advance. The Park itself can be extremely crowded at that time.

Despite the crowds a 'big day' at Pelee can be amazing with hordes of neotropical migrant songbirds. This only happens one in a while but any day from about May 7th to 20th is usually worthwhile.

For a somewhat similar experience and smaller crowds I suggest Roudeau Provincial Park. This is a tract of beautiful carolinean forest east of Pelee. There are also lots of other locations in the area that can have good birding.

Much closer to your home, Prince Edward Point and Presquile Provincial Park can be good in spring and autumn. Another place worth checking out is Thickson's Woods in Whitby that can be a major spring migrant trap.

Monarch Butterfly migration happens in autumn, especially September into early October. The Pelee area can be very pleasant at that time with also the possibility of hundreds or thousands of migrating raptors in a day at Holiday Beach Conservation Area.

cheers

Jerry

Hi Murray~

Another great area for birding is the Port Stanley region....maybe stop by enroute to Point Pelee. ;)

http://www.ezlink.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm

http://www.port-stanley.com/

Here's another site to check out for Point Pelee:

http://www.ojibway.ca/birding.htm

I'm wondering if people are mixing up &quot;Kingston&quot; with &quot;Kingsville&quot;.

While there may be other places for bird watchers, Prequ'ile Provincial Park is the closest one to Kingston I can think of. Its about 90 minutes west of Kingston, near Brighton.

See this website:

http://www.etherworx.com/~quinte/presquile/

The OP indicates he is coming from Kingston...

From Kingston in year &quot;2000&quot;

LOL......good catch........no wonder he didn't reply to any posts.......

Hey, happens to the best of us!!!lol...