Sighting for July 7, 2017
David H. Bartholomew
Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
San Mateo County, CA
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 4
- Mustard White 2
- Cabbage White 1
- Tailed Copper 1
- Great Copper 4
- Golden Hairstreak 300
- Spring Azure 5
- Acmon Blue 4
- Coronis Fritillary 3
- Unsilvered Fritillary 1
- Mylitta Crescent 6
- Red Admiral 1
- Lorquin's Admiral 7
- California Sister 12
- Common Ringlet 3
- Common Wood-Nymph 52
- Propertius Duskywing 1
- Mournful Duskywing 2
- Rural Skipper 1
- Umber Skipper 1
Golden Hairstreak
10:30 - 3:00, with David Rawlinson and Nancy Asquith part of the time. Very warm, in the 80’s. Highlight for me was seeing hundreds upon hundreds of Golden Hairstreaks (last year I saw only two). The Hairstreaks were perched on low shaded vegetation and in the trail, take two steps and a dozen would fly up.