Wed, Sep 04, 2013 sightings., Sep 04 Posted on September 7, 2013 at 10:01:17 PM by george bryant
Six of us spent all day on a Carden / Kirkfield area circuit.
Birds
1 Olive-sided Fly junction of Wylie and Alvar Rds.
2 Bald Eagle just fledged? and attracted to a barnyard--Centennial Park Rd. n. of Eldon
4 Pied-billed Grebe--Mitchell Lake
2 calling Virginia Rail in marsh 1 km. n. of Prospect Marsh
1 Yellow Warbler trapped n the blind at box #10 (we climbed up to rafters, caught and released)
Virtually zero typical spring grassland species; i.e., no bluebirds, swallows, sparrows. I had hoped we would run into a flock somewhere
Dragonflies
2 Halloween Pennant--Juniper Road
1 red Tramea, probably Carolina Saddlebags (our best sighting)--Juniper Road
Butterflies-11 species, many fresh second brood including:
300 Common Sulphur puddling on the road
8 Bronze Copper
8 Gray Comma
6 Viceroy
zero Monarch, zero skippers
A lovely day to be literally in the field
George Bryant for Barry Jones, Jim Heslop, Bob Stamp, Sid Daniels, Rick Snider