Sighting for October 17, 2014

Jim Egbert

Gulf Bay Rd Orange Beach ,and Gulf State Park as well as E 29th Ave at E 1st St Gulf Shores Al
Baldwin County, AL

Didn’t get very far today; cool again upper 50s am to about 80 this afternoon. Nice mix today; another Funeral Duskywing, and a new location for the White Peacock. Today there has been a big come back of the Ocola Skippers.

  • Cloudless Sulphur 4
  • Little Yellow 9
  • Sleepy Orange 2
  • Gray Hairstreak 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 8
  • Gulf Fritillary common
  • Common Buckeye 6
  • White Peacock 3
  • Long-tailed Skipper 6
  • Horace's Duskywing 3
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper 12+
  • Fiery Skipper common
  • Whirlabout 2
  • Southern Broken-Dash common
  • Palatka Skipper 1
  • Ocola Skipper abundant