Mourning Cloaks

[JH]

Brian - Larry Gall and I had one migrating Mourning Cloak this afternoon at
Long Wharf in New Haven.

Also passing through - Red admiral, American Lady, Monarch, Clouded
Sulphurs, and a good number of Orange Sulphurs.
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John Himmelman
Killingworth, CT USA
jhimmel at connix.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: BrianRFG at aol.com <BrianRFG at aol.com>
To: rrmuller at snet.net <rrmuller at snet.net>; CTLEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
<CTLEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 3:19 PM
Subject: Mourning Cloaks


>Hi,
>    I am new to your group but have been looking at New England butterflies
>for some time. Back in 1986, I started the Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas
>Project. Lots has happened since then. Among other things I am trying to
>compile records of migrating Mourning Cloaks in New Engand this fall. If
you
>have any observations you would like to share, I would really appreciate
>them. In Mass., at least, the Mourning Cloak has been a conspicuous coastal
>migrant in recent weeks. Most years it flies through (in #'s unknown)
>virtually unnoticed by most observers.
>    Thanks very much.
>    Brian Cassie
>    Foxboro, MA
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