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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:25:02 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Flat River impoundments butterflies -- Durham Co., NC -- Aug 26 |
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--000000000000006831063d48cbbf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I did a long birding morning with Claire Sullivan at the Flat River impoundments northeast of Durham. Butterflies started appearing after 1000 am, owing to much cloudiness and a mild morning. We covered most of the tracks, even to the back impoundment; only the entrance track and the left side of the front impoundment had been mowed by Wildlife Resources Commission staff, just before dove hunting season. So, the site still had tons of nectar, but as we were mostly birding, we didn't bother with any small species. Here is what we had -- which included TWO species missed by the ENTIRE Durham County count of 7-8 parties, only 9 days ago! (I covered this same area on the count with Lori Arent.) E. Tiger Swallowtail 8 Sleepy Orange 35 Orange Sulphur 1 albino, perched; missed on the count! Cloudless Sulphur 12 E. Tailed-Blue 1 Monarch 4 Viceroy 1 Red-spotted Purple 2 TAWNY EMPEROR 1 my first of the year; but 0 Hackberry Emperors! American Lady 1 fresh; missed on the count! Red Admiral 2 Common Buckeye 5 Silvery Checkerspot 3 Carolina Satyr 1 Silver-spotted Skipper 2 dark skipper sp. 1 Fiery Skipper 1 Photo of the Tawny Emperor, taken by Claire: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309302550 Harry LeGrand Raleigh PS -- Best of the 42 bird species were a Mississippi Kite gliding by high overhead, and an early immature Cape May Warbler. --000000000000006831063d48cbbf Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I did a long birding morning with Claire Sullivan at = the Flat River impoundments northeast of Durham.=C2=A0 Butterflies started = appearing after 1000 am, owing to much cloudiness and a mild morning.=C2=A0= We covered most of the tracks, even to the back=C2=A0impoundment; only the= entrance track and the left side of the front impoundment had been mowed b= y Wildlife Resources Commission staff, just before dove hunting season.=C2= =A0 So, the site still had tons of nectar, but as we were mostly birding, w= e didn't bother with any small species.=C2=A0 Here is what we had -- wh= ich included TWO species missed by the ENTIRE Durham County=C2=A0count of 7= -8 parties, only 9 days ago!=C2=A0 (I covered this same area on the count w= ith Lori Arent.)</div><div><br></div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 8</div= ><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 35</div><div>Orange Sulphur=C2=A0 1 albino, perch= ed; missed on the count!</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 12</div><div>E. = Tailed-Blue=C2=A0 1</div><div>Monarch=C2=A0 4</div><div>Viceroy=C2=A0 1</di= v><div>Red-spotted Purple=C2=A0 2</div><div>TAWNY EMPEROR=C2=A0 1 my first = of the year; but 0 Hackberry Emperors!</div><div>American Lady=C2=A0 1=C2= =A0 fresh; missed on the count!</div><div>Red Admiral=C2=A0 2</div><div>Com= mon Buckeye=C2=A0 5</div><div>Silvery Checkerspot=C2=A0 3</div><div>Carolin= a Satyr=C2=A0 1</div><div>Silver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 2</div><div>dark ski= pper sp. 1</div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 1</div><div><br></div><div>Photo o= f the Tawny Emperor, taken by Claire:=C2=A0=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.ina= turalist.org/observations/309302550" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist= .org/observations/309302550">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30930= 2550</a></div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div><div= ><br></div><div>PS -- Best of the 42 bird species were a Mississippi Kite g= liding by high overhead, and an early immature Cape May Warbler.</div><div>= <br></div></div> --000000000000006831063d48cbbf-- |
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