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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 14:10:24 -0500 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: A few field butterflies near Raleigh, Wake Co., NC -- Nov. 8 |
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--000000000000a8074f065fc89948 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I posted a tad too soon, before Lori was able to review her photos. Just after we had seen the Vesper Sparrow, unbeknownst to me she got a photo of a white butterfly in flight, which turns out to be a male Checkered WHITE. So, our hopefully final totals today were: Orange Sulphur 3 Sleepy Orange 1 CHECKERED WHITE 1 male; getting late for them, but not unprecedented in Nov. Cabbage White 3 Variegated Fritillary 4 Common Buckeye 3 Common Checkered-Skipper 12 Fiery Skipper 20 Harry LeGrand On Sun, Nov 8, 2026 at 1:52=E2=80=AFPM Harry LeGrand <hlegrandjr...>= wrote: > Folks, > > At the tail end of a good birding outing along Mid-Pines Road and > several other roads passing through the N.C. State U. farm fields, it was > mild enough (nearing 60 degrees) for Lori Arent and I to start seeing > butterflies. Sadly, all of the white butterflies are now Cabbage Whites; = no > Checkered Whites have been found there in a few weeks, but 2026 was a gre= at > year for the latter there. Here is our brief list, on a typically sunny d= ay > for summer-fall 2026: > > Orange Sulphur 3 > Sleepy Orange 1 > Cabbage White 3 > Variegated Fritillary 4 > Common Buckeye 3 > Common Checkered-Skipper 12 > Fiery Skipper 20 > > So, nothing to get excited about, but good to see close to 50 individuals > on so few flowers, essentially all on yellow non-native composites -- > Common Dandelion and Cat's-ear. > > Harry LeGrand > Raleigh > > PS -- We did see a few good birds -- a N. Harrier in a field, two Common > Ravens, 5 Horned Larks in the scope along Inwood Road, and photo views of= a > White-crowned Sparrow and a Vesper Sparrow. Lori may have good photos of = a > few of these on our eBird list later today. > --000000000000a8074f065fc89948 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I posted a tad too soon, before Lori was able to revi= ew her photos. Just after we had seen the Vesper Sparrow, unbeknownst to me= she got a photo of a white butterfly in flight, which turns out to be a ma= le Checkered=C2=A0WHITE.</div><div><br></div><div>So, our hopefully final t= otals today were:=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div> <div>Orange Sulphur=C2=A0 3</div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 1</div><div>CHECK= ERED WHITE 1=C2=A0 male; getting late for them, but not unprecedented in No= v.</div><div>Cabbage White=C2=A0 3</div><div>Variegated=C2=A0Fritillary=C2= =A0 4</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0 3</div><div>Common Checkered-Skipper= =C2=A0 12</div><div>Fiery Skipper 20</div> <br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gm= ail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On S= un, Nov 8, 2026 at 1:52=E2=80=AFPM Harry LeGrand <<a href=3D"mailto:hleg= <randjr...>"><hlegrandjr...></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote = class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px sol= id rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Fol= ks,<div><br></div><div>At the tail end of a good birding outing along Mid-P= ines Road and several=C2=A0other roads passing through the N.C. State U. fa= rm fields, it was mild enough (nearing 60 degrees) for Lori Arent and I to = start seeing butterflies. Sadly, all of the white butterflies are now Cabba= ge Whites; no Checkered Whites have been found there in a few weeks, but 20= 26 was a great year for the latter there. Here is our brief list, on a typi= cally sunny day for summer-fall 2026:</div><div><br></div><div>Orange Sulph= ur=C2=A0 3</div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 1</div><div>Cabbage White=C2=A0 3<= /div><div>Variegated=C2=A0Fritillary=C2=A0 4</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0= 3</div><div>Common Checkered-Skipper=C2=A0 12</div><div>Fiery Skipper 20</= div><div><br></div><div>So, nothing to get excited about, but good to see c= lose to 50 individuals on so few flowers, essentially all on yellow non-nat= ive composites -- Common Dandelion and Cat's-ear.</div><div><br></div><= div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div><div><br></div><div>PS -- We did s= ee a few good birds -- a N. Harrier in a field, two Common Ravens, 5 Horned= Larks in the scope along Inwood Road, and photo views of a White-crowned S= parrow and a Vesper Sparrow. Lori may have good photos of a few of these on= our eBird list later today.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div></div> </div> </blockquote></div> --000000000000a8074f065fc89948-- |
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