Sighting for July 20, 2013
Henry Kindervatter
Bull's Island State Park
Hunterdon County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 17
- Spicebush Swallowtail 8
- Cabbage White 55
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Question Mark 2
- Eastern Comma 3
- Red Admiral 5
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Sachem 1
New Sighting
Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve Count Circle - Bull’s Island (40.409570, -75.036246) - this was my second visit to this location (on the first I was alone to check out the area and decided it was worth our while to go with all 4 butterfliers in the afternoon group. Paula Williams and Jim Springer covered the area south of the main drive, while Chris Williams and I covered the northern area along the towpath. There were a lot of fly-bys, and a good number of angle-wings (for this year). It was not the greatest diversity or number of individuals, but it did add some diversity to the overall count. My preliminary investigation (8:15-8:45 am) was folded into this count (two additional species sighted here on the earlier trip)