[Ctleps-l] Stratford LITTLE YELLOW, etc. 9/30

[Frank Mantlik]

Hi all,
Just as a follow up.  Bill Van Loan emailed me last night to tell me it was 
Sept. 14, 2012 that he saw the COMMON CHECKERED SKIPPER and the AMERICAN SNOUT 
at Stratford Point, Stratford.  (The former would have been a lifer for me).  He 
went there following my report on Sept. 12 of the butterfly "swarm" on a large 
patch of goldenrod.  He sent me photos of both.

By the way, Charlie Barnard & I saw the LITTLE SKIPPER again 10/1 at the start 
of the RR Trail at McKinney Refuge in Stratford.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford



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From: Frank Mantlik <mantlik at sbcglobal.net>
To: Posting Butterfly <ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Sent: Sun, September 30, 2012 9:30:22 PM
Subject: [Ctleps-l] Stratford LITTLE YELLOW, etc. 9/30


>From Frank Mantlik, with Bill Van Loan & Alec Wiggins,

9/30/2012  Stratford, near 500 Long Beach Blvd., Stew McKinney NWR, RR Trail - 
Butterflies were abundant during our afternoon birding walk here this afternoon 
(1:30 - 3:30pm), highlighted by another LITTLE YELLOW at the start of the trail, 
and 100+ Red Admirals all along, especially on/around the abundant flowering 
Groundsel-Tree.

LITTLE YELLOW (1) - photos
Cabbage White (6)
Clouded Sulphur (2)
Orange Sulphur (8)
Eastern Tailed Blue (3)
Question Mark (3+)
Mourning Cloak (5+)
Red Admiral (100+)
Common Buckeye (3)
Monarch (12)
No skippers seen!

Bill Van Loan also told  me that while at Stratford Point recently (in the past 
month?), he saw an AMERICAN SNOUT and a COMMON CHECKERED SKIPPER.  He was going 
to get the info (date, photos?) to me soon, but I thought it was worth reported 
them here now.
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