We conducted our second "unofficial" butterfly census at the Nature Center. This is something we plan to do every week or every other week. Chip, Larry, Amelia and Sandal walked the perimeter of the field for an hour and recorded the following:
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - 4
Clouded Sulfur - 3
Orange Sulfur -1
Silvery Blue - 4
Harris' Checkerspot - 6
Crescent species - 13
Red Admiral - 4
Viceroy - 2
Common Ringlet - 31
Little Wood-satyr - 1
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1
Arctic Skipper - 1
Hobomok Skipper - 1
We also noted a Black Swallowtail earlier in the day. Other critters on our walk included a Four-spotted Skimmer and a garter snake trying to devour a Savannah Sparrow nestling!
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