Lorain County has been getting a huge influx of visitors the past few days, and hundreds more are on the way! Don’t worry- they won’t have any influence on traffic or getting a seat at your favorite area restaurant.

The annual monarch migration has begun, and the butterflies are making their way through Northern Ohio on their way to spend the winter in Mexico. Last weekend large groups of monarchs came into Ohio from areas north of Lake Erie. 

Sandy Ridge Reservation is a great place to go to witness this annual event. There are currently hundreds of monarchs in the park. To look at the rest of the monarch migration pattern, and to track your sightings, go here.

Monarch’s are far from the only beauty you can find at Sandy Ridge. Bird watching along Lake Erie will be entering its fall peak very soon. The wetlands at Sandy Ridge provide a safe haven for shorebirds in the fall and the beautiful wooded areas draw songbirds during fall migration. Recently, there have been reported sightings of ospreys, a little blue heron, american wigeon, a sora and much more!