migrants

[Dameron, Wanda]

Dear Brian,

	Realize you are on the east coast while I'm on the west....   

	You've probably heard of our unusually enormous Painted Lady migration
this year coming from the Sonoran & Chihuahuan deserts with millions
being reported.  Flights now seem to be primarily through the mountains
and fewer, tho have had reports in Canada already....

	In the mts, we are also getting fairly large California Tortoiseshell
migrations....

				Cheers, Wanda

Wanda Dameron
Flutterby Press
LA-NABA, LepSoc, ATL, Lorquin, Xerces
23424 Jonathan St., Los Angeles, Ca. 91304
818-340-0365     be496 at lafn.org



BrianRFG at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>     We're in the midst of a great Red Admiral migration, as you all know, and
> at the tail end of a terrific American Lady migration and perhaps in the
> first stages of a Painted Lady migration. Painted Ladies are having a
> colossal flight in the West and, of course, every year at least some make it
> to southern New England, usually in late summer and fall. Lately, though,
> there have been some intriguing sightings, including ten yesterday at the top
> of Mt. Greylock. I saw a beauty two days ago in Easton and two in my Foxboro
> yard today (both well traveled by the looks of them).
> Now last year at this time (on the Mass. Biodiversity Days) about 30 towns or
> so reported Painted Lady sightings. Frankly, I don't believe any of them were
> bonafide Painted Ladies that arrived from the South but rather school
> releases (common in our area in late May-early June) or misidentifications,
> since all of the regular butterfly watchers were seeing none. This year,
> however, there have been a number of Painted Lady sightings recently (away
> from schools!) and my guess is that these are the vanguard of a flight.
> Please look at all the ladies if you can and don't assume that they are all
> American Ladies - there may well be a number of Painted Ladies or, perhaps,
> who knows, most of the ladies flying by with the admirals may indeed be
> Painted Ladies.
>     Brian Cassie
> 
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