Sighting for October 27, 2021
Roy Cohutta
Chickasawhatchee WMA, East Side
Dougherty County, GA
- Cloudless Sulphur 6
- Little Yellow 4
- Sleepy Orange 6
- Gulf Fritillary 8
- Pearl Crescent 4
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 11
- Southern Pearly-eye 1
- Carolina Satyr 2
- Monarch 30
- Queen 15
- Long-tailed Skipper 40
- Tropical Checkered-Skipper 15
- Clouded Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Ocola Skipper 1
Spent almost all of my time trying to get photos of the Pearly-eye. Always happy to see these here. It was challenging in the thick vegetation around the swamp. The numbers of the other species are much lower than what they could have been. The Monarchs and Queens were on field mustard.
1500-1630, 76F, Wind W 3-6MPH, Cloud Cover 20%, Swamp and field next to swamp. 31.473857773159818, -84.38839697420579 Georgia Coastal Plain.