Sighting for September 20, 2013
David L. Amadio
Blackwater NWR
Dorchester County, MD
- Black Swallowtail 6
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 45
- Cloudless Sulphur 24
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Bronze Copper 5
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 35
- American Snout 2
- Variegated Fritillary 7
- Pearl Crescent 36
- American Lady 1
- Painted Lady 18
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 98
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 3
- Common Wood-Nymph 4
- Monarch 23
- Silver-spotted Skipper 5
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 7
- Sachem 6
- Broad-winged Skipper 5
Observations made on the wildlife drive & the Tubman Trail. Vegetation along the drive was much improved over last year. Last year the vegetation was mowed right down to the water’s edge. Goldenrod was the dominant nectar source.