Following everyone else I saw many Red Admirals today, some nectaring on Coltsfoot and some on Willow blooms. First for the year for me, I also saw several Spring Azures (Trent Wildlife Sanctuary and Charlie Allen Rd), a Mustard White (Charlie Allen Rd), and an Eastern Pine Elfin (Charlie Allen Read more…
This afternoon with the wind came beautiful “Red Admiral” butterflies everywhere and still tonight [7:16], they are continuing to entertain us. Never have seen this, so many in one place. Lynne – Location: Springbrooke Drive, Peterborough Observer: Lynne Kemp
I counted 42 Red Admirals while walking the dog around the block at 6 p.m. Location: Westbrook Drive, Peterborough Observer: Martin Parker
Further afield, this morning while birding in the Stratford/Mitchell area there were Red Admirals everywhere, quite literally — so presumably the phenomenon involved a huge area and huge numbers… I’ve never seen anything like it. Location: Stratford/Mitchell area Observer: Jarmo Jalava
My wife counted 1 Question Mark and 20 Red Admirals in our yard in the space of five minutes! It would appear that they are being blown in on the strong, south-westerly winds. I was still seeing admirals in downtown Peterborough at 6:00 p.m., flying about in shaded areas.The admirals Read more…
When I arrived home at noon I noticed a butterly in our front garden so I got my camera to take a pic. When I returned outside there was a profusion of butterlies – mostly Red Admirals, with at least one Question Mark in the garden . In all the Read more…
Colin Jones reports that currently, in what is probably an unprecedented mass migration (both in numbers and timing