Category Archives: Blues

South Florida

I spent a long weekend in southern Florida bird watching but managed to get in a couple hours for butterflies. Although it’s not the best time of year for diversity there are species that do fly year round (Don’t we … Continue reading

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A taste of south Texas

If you ever get a chance to go to south Texas make sure you allocate some time for the dizzying array of leps that frequent the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). No less than 325+ species have been found which … Continue reading

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Brazilian Skippers, Long-tailed Skipper, Clouded Skippers

Barry Marts and I took a more southern tragectory on Sunday and headed towards southeast Virginia. The orginal goal was to go to the Great Dismal Swamp in hopes of finding a couple species more common in that area and … Continue reading

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Ocola Skippers, Fiery Skippers, Sleepy Orange, Carolina Satyr

Barry Marts and I headed out to Charles and Prince George’s county, MD on Sunday in hopes of picking up some southern irruptive species. Our first location was Friendship Farm Park close to Nanjemoy Creek. We had been there in … Continue reading

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Leonard’s Skipper – Soldier’s Delight

After missing the first part of the month away from the area on an Alaska birding trip I went out to Solider’s Deight Environmental area in western Baltimore county, MD. Blazing Star was now begining to wind down but there … Continue reading

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