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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:08:03 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: CBS Walk Madison County, NC 4-20-24 |
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--0000000000005836ca0616b3521d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks, Marty, for this three-day set of sightings! Glad you and Dave managed to get in parts of 3 days. And, thankfully, one truly rare species -- Golden Banded-Skipper -- managed to be seen and photographed -- on the official trip. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208497= 712__;!!OToaGQ!qUC3TR-34EiUlvGmyMYwATbhHATH5i3URv5md5FSqKnFZY1CIHkOxuUPhKgM= B242mjPhjRsmMsVLUuMMaa7akg$=20 Obviously, the dates were too late to catch the tail end of the rapidly advancing flight of Olympia Marble -- which now flies in the 3+ weeks from very early March to very early April. Even the Silvery Blues seem to have been finished, and the rare Cobweb Skipper eluded all. I have led a number of CBS trips into the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina in late March and April, and thankfully I have been lucky with the weather. Places like Raven Rock SP, the Sandhills region, Shocco Creek, and Holly Shelter have been targets in April, and thankfully I/we managed to get about all in -- seeing wonderful things like Cobweb Skipper, Yucca Giant-Skipper, Mottled Duskywing, Frosted Elfin, and Dusky Roadside-Skipper -- most of which are very hard to find nowadays, especially without a group effort. But, April in the mountains is VERY dicey! It can snow at middle and higher elevations, and of course even if not, temperatures can be in the 30s through the 50s. I have led one or two two-day mid-May trips in the past to Clay and Macon counties, getting at least one of those two days in -- finding goodies like Tawny Crescent, Silvery Blue, etc. So, I commend those who planned this Madison trip, and those who made the long trip; and at least you managed to get about 1/3rd of ONE day, out of two days, in! Too bad you weren't able to get to Sandy Mush Game Land on Sunday. Harry LeGrand Raleigh On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 1:47=E2=80=AFPM "<kastners...>" <carolinaleps@du= ke.edu> wrote: > Carolina Butterfly Society Trip Report > Madison County, NC > 4/20/24 4:30-7:00 59 degrees at the start > > Pete Dixon planned this trip. It was raining at the start time of 10:00 so > we visited for a while. Later we walked and botanized and birded since it > was cold and sometimes misty. We then decided to leave for a late lunch a= nd > come back later when the sun was supposed to peak out. That strategy work= ed > as we began seeing butterflies at 4:30. In attendance were Alison Smith, > Heather Rayburn, Lori Arnet, John and Nancy Demko and Dave and Marty > Kastner. Pete Dixon was with us through lunch. Our Sunday walk to Sandy > Mush Game Lands was canceled due to rain. > > Zebra Swallowtail 9 > Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10 > Pipevine Swallowtail 4 > Spicebush Swallowtail 3 > Black Swallowtail 1 > West Virginia White 3 > Orange Sulphur 2 > Azure species 1 > Eastern Tailed-Blue 4 > Pearl Crescent 5 > Question Mark 1 > Red Admiral 7 Plus many caterpillars on nettle > Monarch 1 > Sliver-spotted Skipper 2 > Golden Banded-Skipper 1 Lifer for all except Dave and Marty who saw > one on 4/19 > Northern Cloudywing 1 > Juvenal=E2=80=99s Duskywing 6 > Sleepy Duskywing 3 > Zabulon Skipper 3 > > Marty Kastner > Blythewood, SC > > > --0000000000005836ca0616b3521d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Thanks, Marty, for this three-day set of sightings!= =C2=A0 Glad you and Dave managed to get in parts of 3 days.=C2=A0 And, than= kfully, one truly rare species -- Golden Banded-Skipper -- managed to be se= en and photographed -- on the official trip.</div><div><br></div><div><a hr= ef=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/= 208497712__;!!OToaGQ!qUC3TR-34EiUlvGmyMYwATbhHATH5i3URv5md5FSqKnFZY1CIHkOxu= UPhKgMB242mjPhjRsmMsVLUuMMaa7akg$">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations= /208497712</a></div><div><br></div><div>Obviously, the dates were too late = to catch the tail end of the rapidly advancing flight of Olympia Marble -- = which now flies in the 3+ weeks from very early March to very early April.= =C2=A0 Even the Silvery Blues seem to have been finished, and the rare Cobw= eb Skipper eluded all.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I have led a number of = CBS trips into the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina in late Mar= ch and April, and thankfully I have been lucky with the weather.=C2=A0 Plac= es like Raven Rock SP, the Sandhills region, Shocco Creek, and Holly Shelte= r have been targets in April, and thankfully I/we managed to get about all = in -- seeing wonderful things like Cobweb Skipper, Yucca Giant-Skipper, Mot= tled Duskywing, Frosted Elfin, and Dusky Roadside-Skipper -- most of which = are very hard to find nowadays, especially without a group effort.=C2=A0 Bu= t, April in the mountains is VERY dicey!=C2=A0 It can snow at middle and hi= gher elevations, and of course even if not, temperatures can be in the 30s = through the 50s.=C2=A0 I have led one or two two-day mid-May trips in the p= ast to Clay and Macon counties, getting at least one of those two days in -= - finding goodies like Tawny Crescent, Silvery Blue, etc.</div><div><br></d= iv><div>So, I commend those who planned this Madison trip, and those who ma= de the long trip; and at least you managed to get about 1/3rd of ONE day, o= ut of two days, in!=C2=A0 Too bad you weren't able to get to Sandy Mush= Game Land on Sunday.<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 class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On= Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 1:47=E2=80=AFPM "<a href=3D"mailto:kastners@aol.= com"><kastners...></a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:<carolinaleps...>= "><carolinaleps...></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_= quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,= 204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-= serif;font-size:16px"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><font size=3D"2">Carolina = Butterfly Society Trip Report</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Madison Cou= nty, NC</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">4/20/24=C2=A0 =C2=A04:30-7:00=C2= =A0 =C2=A059 degrees at the start</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"><br></f= ont></div><div><font size=3D"2">Pete Dixon planned this trip. It was rainin= g at the start time of 10:00 so we visited for a while. Later we walked and= botanized and birded since it was cold and sometimes misty. We then decide= d to leave for a late lunch and come back later when the sun was supposed t= o peak out. That strategy worked as we began seeing butterflies at 4:30. In= attendance were Alison Smith, Heather Rayburn, Lori Arnet, John and Nancy = Demko and Dave and Marty Kastner. Pete Dixon was with us through lunch. Our= Sunday walk to Sandy Mush Game Lands was canceled due to rain.</font></div= ><div><font size=3D"2"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Zebra Swallow= tail=C2=A0 =C2=A09</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Eastern Tiger Swallowt= ail=C2=A0 =C2=A010</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Pipevine Swallowtail= =C2=A0 =C2=A04</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Spicebush Swallowtail=C2= =A0 =C2=A03</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Black Swallowtail=C2=A0 =C2= =A01</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">West Virginia White=C2=A0 =C2=A03</f= ont></div><div><font size=3D"2">Orange Sulphur=C2=A0 =C2=A02</font></div><d= iv><font size=3D"2">Azure species=C2=A0 =C2=A01</font></div><div><font size= =3D"2">Eastern Tailed-Blue=C2=A0 =C2=A04</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">= Pearl Crescent=C2=A0 =C2=A05</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Question Mar= k=C2=A0 =C2=A01</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Red Admiral=C2=A0 =C2=A07= =C2=A0 =C2=A0Plus many caterpillars on nettle=C2=A0</font></div><div><font = size=3D"2">Monarch=C2=A0 =C2=A01</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Sliver-s= potted Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A02</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Golden Bande= d-Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A01=C2=A0 =C2=A0Lifer for all except Dave and Marty who= saw one on 4/19</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Northern Cloudywing=C2= =A0 =C2=A01</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Juvenal=E2=80=99s Duskywing= =C2=A0 =C2=A06</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Sleepy Duskywing=C2=A0 =C2= =A03</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Zabulon Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A03</font>= </div><div><font size=3D"2"><br></font></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D= "2">Marty Kastner</font></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"2">Blythewood,= SC</font></div><div><br></div></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></d= iv> --0000000000005836ca0616b3521d-- |
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