Category Archives: Milkweed Butterflies

Lower Rio Grande Valley – “off the charts”

This is a much belated post containing a lot of photos (a good thing). I procrastinated a lot in going through the 2,500+ photos taken during the trip to the LRGV between 11-5 and 11-16. After several years in a … Continue reading

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Diana Fritillary, Northern Metalmark, Bog Copper,
Edwards’ Hairstreak

I had a wonderful four day stretch over the 4th of July holiday and found many new species for the year. Barry Marts and I were in Bath County VA one day looking for Diana Fritillary. Other trips were: Preston … Continue reading

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“Death by Skipper” trip to Florida

In hindsight going for a long weekend to south-central Florida seems like it was a good decision in light of the current developments (Hurricane Matthew) occurring in the state now. Barry Marts, Mike Smith, Tom Pendleton and I drove over … Continue reading

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Butterflies of SE Arizona

Southeast Arizona is my favorite birding location in the lower 48. The wife and I took a trip there in early August where the temperatures were lower than Martinsburg and the humidity was less. There was a chance of monsoon … Continue reading

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South Florida Specialties

This blog post is way overdue… Barry Marts and I spent four days in southern Florida in early April looking for some of the specialties that are only found in the “Sunshine State”. The weather was so-so as a couple … Continue reading

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