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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:27:51 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Durham County, NC, butterflies -- July 29 |
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--00000000000019e60605e4f6a66b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I spent the hot and humid morning at the Flat River impoundment and then at Horton Grove Preserve, northeast of Durham, birding with Claire Sullivan. Overnight rain meant wet vegetation at Flat River, where I saw little prior to our departure at 9:45. The upper field at Horton was decent, considering few nectar sources (mostly Pycnanthemum "incanum"). Here are the totals (combined sites): E. Tiger Swallowtail 6 Spicebush Swallowtail 5 dark swallowtail sp. 2 Cloudless Sulphur 1 Sleepy Orange 6 Gray Hairstreak 1 Juniper Hairstreak 5 !! 4 on Eryngium yuccifolium at the Horton field E. Tailed-Blue 1 American Snout 1 Flat River WRC boat ramp Variegated Fritillary 3 Pearl Crescent 1 that's all Red Admiral 2 Common Buckeye 2 Red-spotted Purple 4 Viceroy 1 perhaps a FOY for me Hackberry Emperor 2 Northern Pearly-eye 1 amid Microstegium behind barn at Horton Silver-spotted Skipper 7 all over the Pycnanthemum Hoary Edge 1 on the Pycnanthemum Horace's Duskywing 1 ditto Southern Cloudywing 1 on thistle at Horton Swarthy Skipper 1 fresh; on same thistle flower with the cloudywing! Fiery Skipper 1 Grass skippers continue in low supply all across NC, it seems -- especially in comparison with the many fewer spreadwing species. Harry LeGrand Raleigh --00000000000019e60605e4f6a66b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I spent the hot and humid morning at the Flat River i= mpoundment and then at Horton Grove Preserve, northeast of Durham, birding = with Claire Sullivan.=C2=A0 Overnight rain meant wet vegetation at Flat Riv= er, where I saw little prior to our departure at 9:45.=C2=A0 The upper fiel= d at Horton was decent, considering few nectar sources (mostly Pycnanthemum= "incanum").=C2=A0 Here are the totals (combined sites):</div><di= v><br></div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 6</div><div>Spicebush Swallowta= il=C2=A0 5</div><div>dark swallowtail sp. 2</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2= =A0 1</div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 6</div><div>Gray Hairstreak=C2=A0 1</di= v><div>Juniper Hairstreak=C2=A0 5=C2=A0 !!=C2=A0 4 on Eryngium yuccifolium = at the Horton field</div><div>E. Tailed-Blue=C2=A0 1</div><div>American Sno= ut=C2=A0 1=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Flat River WRC boat ramp<br></div><div>Variega= ted Fritillary=C2=A0 3</div><div>Pearl Crescent=C2=A0 1=C2=A0=C2=A0 that= 9;s all</div><div>Red Admiral=C2=A0 2</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0 2</div= ><div>Red-spotted Purple=C2=A0 4</div><div>Viceroy=C2=A0 1=C2=A0=C2=A0 perh= aps a FOY for me</div><div>Hackberry Emperor=C2=A0 2</div><div>Northern Pea= rly-eye=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 amid Microstegium behind barn at Horton</div><div>Sil= ver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0=C2=A0 7=C2=A0 all over the Pycnanthemum</div><div= >Hoary Edge 1=C2=A0 on the Pycnanthemum</div><div>Horace's Duskywing=C2= =A0 1=C2=A0 ditto</div><div>Southern Cloudywing 1=C2=A0 on thistle at Horto= n</div><div>Swarthy Skipper=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 fresh; on same thistle flower wit= h the cloudywing! <br></div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 1</div><div><br></div>= <div>Grass skippers continue in low supply all across NC, it seems -- espec= ially in comparison with the many fewer spreadwing species.<br></div><div><= br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div><div><br></div><div><br>= </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div> --00000000000019e60605e4f6a66b-- |
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