The hot and dry Summer continues with not much rain forecast during the next week or so. It is finally beginning to cool and humidity levels are down so I took Shadow for a hike into Sleepy Creek WMA which borders our neighborhood. It was nice to still see Common Wood-Nymph and Great Spangled Fritillary on the wing.
The southern influx of species in the eastern panhandle continues with Deb Hale sending me a photo of a Long-tailed Skipper from her backyard in Harper’s Ferry. Closer to home, during the past couple of weeks I’ve seen a few Fiery Skippers and a Cloudless Sulphur.
Coming up at the end of the month a group of us are traveling down to Florida for a long weekend. It will be a “death by skipper” trip. Hope the weather cooperates. Then in November we have what is now an annual trip planned to the lower Rio Grande Valley. Can’t wait.