Fw: sightings 5/12 5/13

[Frank Mantlik]

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From: John <jhimmel at comcast.net>
To: Frank Mantlik <mantlik at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 9:13:42 PM
Subject: Re: sightings 5/12 5/13


Sure! And probably more likely. Was just thinking aloud after seeing Richard's 
suggestion.

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On May 13, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Frank Mantlik <mantlik at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


Hi John & Rich,
>Yes I had a Monarch at Compo Beach, Westport on 4/29.
>Is it not possible that a butterfly, in this case a Monarch,  could be carried 
>northward early - much the way a wide assortment of neotropical migrant birds 
>appeared well before normal in April?
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>Frank Mantlik
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From: John Himmelman <jhimmel at comcast.net>
>To: RChyinski at aol.com
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>Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 4:27:45 PM
>Subject: Re: sightings 5/12 5/13
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>Hi Rich - I think someone (Frank Mantik?) had one at the end of April.
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>I wonder, though, about the possibility of it being a release. Jeez - it's bad 
>enough we have to worry about that with birds...
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>John
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>On May 13, 2011, at 3:56 PM, RChyinski at aol.com wrote:
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>Seen in Salem and East Lyme
>>Eastern Tiger and Spicebush Swallowtail
>>Cabbage White
>>Clouded Sulphur
>>American Copper
>>Azure
>>Eastern Tailed Blue
>>Pearl Crescent
>>Anglewing (sp?)
>>Mourning Cloak
>>Amer Lady
>>Red Admiral
>>Monarch*
>>Juvenals D/W
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>>*too early for a migrant and not a "Himmel". Probably a local  release.
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