Category Archives: Whites and Sulphurs

Lower Rio Grande Valley – wow!

I recently went to the Lower Rio Grande Valley on a birding trip. With this region being the best in the lower 48 for butterfly diversity (over 325 species recorded) I took time to look for some. Mostly everything I … Continue reading

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Fiery Skipper – Cape May, NJ

I was in the Cape May area for a long weekend of birding and along the way stopped by any available nectar sites. I stayed with some friends in a rental on Pearl Ave in Cape May Point. Right around … Continue reading

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Sleepy Orange

I found three Sleepy Oranges (lifer) at the parking lot of School House Ridge North battlefield at Harper’s Ferry. Most of the 21 species seen were within a couple hundred yards of the parking lot. Below are selected images of … Continue reading

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Olympic National Park

Every once an a while I.m going to post an out of the region report in the blog as they don’t happen very often. My wife and I spent one day last week in Olympic National Park located in the … Continue reading

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Snowberry Clearwing

We present a moth today because it’s cool. I went for a lunch time walk at Cool Spring in southern Jefferson county. It was anything but cool as the temps hovered around 90 degrees with the humidity off the charts. … Continue reading

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