SIGHTINGS JULY 3

[Ahmet Baytas]

Yesterday, July 3, we (Jim Springer and Ahmet Baytas) visited 
Macricostas Section of Steep Rock Land Trust, Hollenbeck Preserve and 
Goshen WMA in Litchfield County.  Peary Stafford kindly joined us at 
Macricostas and Hollenbeck. 

NOTES:

*34 species total. 
*Observing so many Bronze Coppers at Goshen (and photographing a couple 
of very fresh females) was a treat for us New Jerseyites.  It was only 
last week that more than 20 of us had seen our life or state Bronze 
Copper in NJ...It was the only confirmed record in northern NJ for over 
a decade, as far as I know.
*It was very surprising to see only one hairstreak, despite all the 
milkweed and dogbane.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (3)
Spicebush Swallowtail (1)
Cabbage White (17)
Clouded Sulphur (12)
Orange Sulphur (9)
Bronze Copper (11) (Goshen)
Hickory Hairstreak (1) (Macricostas)
Eastern Tailed-Blue (6)
Summer Azure (10)
Great Spangled Fritillary (32)
Silver-bordered Fritillary (1) (very fresh) (Goshen)
Meadow Fritillary (3)
Baltimore Checkerspot (20)
Pearl Crescent (1) (very worn)
Compton Tortoiseshell (1) (Macricostas)
Question Mark (1) (Hollenbeck)
Eastern Comma (4)
Red Admiral (9)
American Lady (2)
Viceroy (4) (Goshen)
Common Wood-Nymph (2)
Eyed Brown (30) (Hollenbeck)
Monarch (12)
Silver-spotted Skipper (8)
Common Sootywing (1) (fresh) (Macricostas)
Least Skipper (4)
Long Dash (6) (all very worn)
European Skipper (34)
Peck's Skipper (3) (very worn)
Dion Skipper (4) (fresh)
Northern Broken-Dash (4) (very fresh)
Zabulon Skipper (1) (very worn)
Hobomok Skipper (1) (very worn)
Dun Skipper (6)

Ahmet Baytas
Montclair, NJ