butterfly – Lambton Wildlife

13 Sep 2018

Join LWI for Hawk watching at Hawk Cliff – September 22, 2018

Blog, Outdoor Eventbird, birding, birds, butterfly, migration, raptors, wildlife

Hawk Cliff is recognized as one of the prime fall migration hawk watching destinations in all North America. Every year hundreds of birders (and non-birders!) from Canada, the U.S. and other countries visit Hawk Cliff. Birders can normally expect to see 15 different raptor species, with typical count totals reaching several thousand birds per day. On a few exceptional occasions lucky visitors have witnessed the amazing spectacle of over 100,000 raptors of various species migrating past Hawk Cliff in a single day! Others come to enjoy the many song birds and Monarchs that also pass Hawk Cliff on their…

03 Oct 2017

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Point Pelee National Park Camping Trip 2017

Blog, Natural Areasbirds, butterfly, camping, Point Pelee

Point Pelee National Park is a spectacular park to visit in any season, especially known for its spring and fall migration and its incredible biodiversity. Seven Lambton Wildlife members were fortunate enough to camp there from September 6th to the 9th. Where to begin …. The best place to begin is to say a big THANK YOU to Paul Carter who did an outstanding job organizing the camping trip. His expertise, along with the expertise of Larry Cornelis, was truly appreciated by everyone. Each time we have the opportunity to hike with Paul and Larry we learn so much! You…

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Annual Butterfly Count

butterfly, count, Pinery Provincial Park

Meet: 8:30 am at the Pinery Provincial Park visitor centre. Tell staff at the main gate you’re participating in the count. There is a $4:00 fee to participate. Bring lunch and water. Call Brenda to register. Rain date is set for June 25th.

07 Sep 2016

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Hawk Cliff Has Monarchs Too!

Outdoor Eventbirds, butterfly, hawk, Hawk Cliff, migration, Monarch, Port Stanley, raptors

If the allure of migrating raptors isn’t quite enough, Hawk Cliff is also a great place to see Monarch butterflies. These insects follow a similar route to the hawks and eagles when they head south for the winter, which means they also pass through the Hawk Cliff area. (more…)

02 Jul 2016

By Lambton Wildlife Inc

Beauty on a Wing: Up To 80 Species of Butterflies Fly Into Lambton

Nature Notesbutterfly, hibernate, Ipperwash, metamorphosis, migrate, Pinery

Butterflies belong to the order "lepidoptera". Their suborder is rhoplocera and within it are two superfamilies-papilionoidea (true butterflies) and hesperioidea (skippers). Worldwide there are about 14,500 species of butterflies. In North America, north of the Rio Grande, there are 717 species. In Lambton County, there are 75 to 80 species. The life cycle of a butterfly is amazing. It consists of four stages of development: egg, caterpillar, and adult. The process of changing from one form to another is called "metamorphosis". (more…)