Point Pelee National Park

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Point Pelee National Park

The southern tip of mainland Canada: a spring migrant trap on Lake Erie.

Photo: Quozl (talk) · Public domain
Best months
May
Days needed
2–3
Difficulty
Easy
Nearest airport
Windsor (YQG)

When to go

  1. JanJanuary: Poor or no data
  2. FebFebruary: Poor or no data
  3. MarMarch: Poor or no data
  4. AprApril: Poor or no data
  5. MayMay: Best
  6. JunJune: Poor or no data
  7. JulJuly: Poor or no data
  8. AugAugust: Poor or no data
  9. SepSeptember: Good
  10. OctOctober: Poor or no data
  11. NovNovember: Poor or no data
  12. DecDecember: Poor or no data

BestGoodFair

Best on mornings after south winds.

Why go

Point Pelee National Park (; French: Parc national de la Pointe-Pelée) is a national park in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada where it extends into Lake Erie. The word pelée is French for 'bald'. Point Pelee consists of a peninsula of land, mainly of marsh and woodland habitats, that tapers to a sharp point as it extends into Lake Erie. Middle Island, also part of Point Pelee National Park, was acquired in 2000 and is just north of the Canada–United States border in Lake Erie. Point Pelee is the southernmost point of mainland Canada, and is located on a foundation of glacial sand, silt and gravel that bites into Lake Erie.

Background from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Target birds

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