Buckeyes in Ontario

[Chris J. Durden]

Don,
  I took a worn *Precis g. coenia* - COMMON BUCKEYE at the park incinerator
in 1954 or 1955. It is the basis of the record in the 1963 checklist of
butterflies of Algonquin Park. I shall check the specimen next week for the
exact date.
  In 1954 the park was swarming with monarchs and I was feeding them to pet
ravens and wondering why they did not vomit. Later that year I visited Dr.
Urquhart and he told me about the catbirds that ate wintering monarchs
(only the ones with tags) at Lighthouse Point near the Appalachicola River,
Florida. The birds beat the scientists by many years with the discovery
that northern monarchs are less toxic than southern!
...........Chris Durden, Austin TX
 
 
At 07:08  24/07/99 GMT, you wrote:
>The invasion continues. One was spotted this week 75 km east of Toronto
>at Darlington Provincial Park, and two more 150 km east of Toronto on
>the north shore of Lake Ontario at Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
>
>The Toronto Rare Bird Hotline reported tonight that the first-ever
>buckeye reached Algonquin Provincial Park this week. For those
>unfamiliar with Algonquin, its about a 3.5 to 4 hour drive north of
>Toronto, a huge wilderness park of mixed forests, rocky hills and
>outcroppings, bears, wolves, moose, etc.
>
>Don Davis
>Toronto, ON
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