Seen in my yard. Past few sunny days of low winds & temps 78-82 degrees has kept the butterflies going. 11 species of butterflies still flying including a Monarch, several Common-checkered, several Pearl Crescents and more. ID's below the pictures.
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| Common-checkered |
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| Cloudless Sulphur |
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| Common Buckeye - Rosa Form |
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| Eastern-tailed Blue |
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| Fiery |
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| Painted Lady |
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| Pearl Crescent |
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| Variegated Fritillary |
Today, was a fun day in the yard with returning White-throated & Song Sparrows and Dark-eyed Junco's. There was also a new yard bird - Hermit Thrush which is yard bird #62.
Also, this month we've had 2 other new yard birds. First, several Yellow-rumped Warbler stopped by with lots of other birds last Friday plus on Sunday there was a Northern Harrier flyover.
Hermit Thrush Yard bird #62
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| Song Sparrow |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Northern Harrier |
Fall in Cape May Point means migrating birds & butterflies. Here are some of the birds.
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| Osprey |
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| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
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| Rusty Blackbird |
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Mute Swan |
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| American Wigeon |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
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| Palm Warbler |
I had a super few days in Cape May last week. Here are some of the 15 species of butterflies I saw while there. I sure wish I'd seen more Monarch's but I saw really great numbers of Ocola's, Long-tailed and Fiery's to make up for the Monarch's.
I had a super few days in Cape May last week. Here are some of the 15 species of butterflies I saw while there. I sure wish I'd seen more Monarch's but I saw really great numbers of Ocola's, Long-tailed and Fiery's to make up for the Monarch's.
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| Center front garden from my former home |
Painted Lady 
Painted Lady 
Long-tailed 
Ocola 
Fiery 
American Lady
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| Monarch |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Ocola |
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| Black Swallowtail |
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| Long Tailed |
