[Ctleps-l] Reminder - CBA field trip - Osbornedale State Park, Derby

[Peter DeGennaro]

Saturday August 25, 10 AM
Osbornedale State Park, Derby
Leader: Peter DeGennaro 203-598-8577

We will explore Osbornedale’s meadows for late season swallowtails,
hairstreaks, skippers, and other butterflies. With the Housatonic
River bringing in butterflies from the coast, the park can become a
great inland trap for vagrants. Past trips have found Horace’s
Duskywing, Long-tailed Skipper, and Ocola Skipper; the estate’s
buddleias enter full bloom this time of year. Easy, mowed walking
trails but bring water and sunscreen.

Directions: from Route 8 take exit 15, at end of ramp, turn left onto
Main St. (Rte. 34). Continue West on Rte. 34 for about 1.5 miles. Then
take a right onto Lakeview Terrace (there is a road sign for Kellogg
Center/Osbornedale State Park at the corner).  Continue to stop sign
at the end of the road; turn left at stop sign and immediately another
left into parking lot. Meet in parking lot.

Peter DeGennaro