Garden Canyon

[Hank & Priscilla Brodkin]

Sunday we visited Garden canyon on Fort Huachuca with Fred Heath and
Holly Heath from California.  Once we were past the upper picnic area
the canyon was as lush and flower filled and butterfly filled as we have
ever seen it.  Extraordinary for us were 3 Brazilian Skippers (C.
ethlius).  Also noteable were the extraordinary number of swallowtails -
especially Giant (P. Cresphontes) and Black (P. polyxenes) which were in
numbers that none of us had experienced before.
The folks who signed up to go on our South West Wings Festival Field
Trips on August 18 and 19 are in for a real treat!  
Collectors remember - you will need a permit from the Fort Huachuca
Wildlife Office applied for in writing in advance.  For details call
(520)533-7084.  The area is now patrolled by wildlife officers.
For a complete list of the day's species click on the website below -
then click on 'NEWS".
Cheers!
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	             Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
	          Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
                    Lat: 31.450, Long: 110.267
             SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
          http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html