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| List: MassLep Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:00:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Seaman <paul.seaman048...> Subject: [MassLep] 4/26/26 - Compton Tortoiseshell - Charlemont, MA |
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------=_Part_870972_819027977.1777244456735 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_870973_442316503.1777244456735" ------=_Part_870973_442316503.1777244456735 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I was on my way back home today from the Hoffmann Bird Club's annual banquet last night out in the Berkshires, and stopped at a few places along Route 2 today on this sunny, 50 degree day, looking for birds, butterflies, and spring ephemerals. I started at 9 at the Mohawk Trail SF in Charlemont, where at about 10:30 I came across an Anglewing butterfly flying around on a sunny hillside next to the Cold River, next to a big stand of Mountain Laurel and under a tall canopy of hemlocks and white pines. I thought it was an Eastern Comma or Question Mark at first, but once it finally landed on a dead log about 20 feet uphill from me, I looked through my binoculars and saw that its underside was fully brown (missing the small white marks I would expect from either Eastern Comma or Question Mark) and had a white dash on the outer edges of the upperside of the wing. A Compton Tortoiseshell, and my first one ever!! I had my camera with me as well and tried to get a photo, but very frustratingly couldn't get the focus (or exposure, for that matter) to work properly before it very quickly flew off and didn't reappear. A few other butterflies to report from the drive back home, and the final list from today: Mohawk Trail SF, Charlemont - Compton Tortoiseshell - 1x Route 2, Charlemont - Cabbage White - 1x Route 2, Shelburne - Cabbage White - 1x Otter River SF, Winchendon - Spring Azure - 1x North Andover - American Lady - 1x Bird highlights from today were a surprise early Blackburnian Warbler and Wood Thrush, Blue-Headed Vireo, Louisiana Waterthrush, and a small flock of Pine Siskins, all at Mohawk Trail SF, and a flock of 6 Red Crossbills at Otter River SF in Winchendon, MA. Paul Seaman Ipswich, Massachusetts -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/<e700703f-9f34-4a7a-b827-b0c4ff01fa12n...> ------=_Part_870973_442316503.1777244456735 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>I was on my way back home today from the Hoffmann Bird Club's annual b= anquet last night out in the Berkshires, and stopped at a few places along = Route 2 today on this sunny, 50 degree day, looking for birds, butterflies,= and spring ephemerals.=C2=A0</div><div><br /></div><div>I started at 9 at = the Mohawk Trail SF in Charlemont, where at about 10:30 I came across an An= glewing butterfly flying around on a sunny hillside next to the Cold River,= next to a big stand of Mountain Laurel and under a tall canopy of hemlocks= and white pines. I thought it was an Eastern Comma or Question Mark at fir= st, but once it finally landed on a dead log about 20 feet uphill from me, = I looked through my binoculars and saw that its underside was fully brown (= missing the small white marks I would expect from either Eastern Comma or Q= uestion Mark) and had a white dash on the outer edges of the upperside of t= he wing. A Compton Tortoiseshell, and my first one ever!! I had my camera w= ith me as well and tried to get a photo, but very frustratingly couldn't ge= t the focus (or exposure, for that matter) to work properly before it very = quickly flew off and didn't reappear.=C2=A0</div><div><br /></div><div>A fe= w other butterflies to report from the drive back home, and the final list = from today:</div><div><br /></div><div>Mohawk Trail SF, Charlemont - Compto= n Tortoiseshell - 1x</div><div>Route 2, Charlemont - Cabbage White - 1x</di= v><div>Route 2, Shelburne - Cabbage White - 1x</div><div>Otter River SF, Wi= nchendon - Spring Azure - 1x</div><div>North Andover - American Lady - 1x</= div><div><br />Bird highlights from today were a surprise early Blackburnia= n Warbler and Wood Thrush, Blue-Headed Vireo, Louisiana Waterthrush, and a = small flock of Pine Siskins, all at Mohawk Trail SF, and a flock of 6 Red C= rossbills at Otter River SF in Winchendon, MA.=C2=A0</div><div><br /></div>= <div>Paul Seaman</div><div>Ipswich, Massachusetts</div> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<e700703f-9f34-4a7a-b827-b0c4ff01fa12n...>?utm_medium= =3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/e70= <0703f-9f34-4a7a-b827-b0c4ff01fa12n...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_870973_442316503.1777244456735-- ------=_Part_870972_819027977.1777244456735-- |
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