Sighting for November 20, 2014
Jim Egbert
Bon Secour NWR Gulf Shores
Baldwin County, AL
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Little Yellow 18
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- American Snout 2
- Gulf Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye common
- Monarch 6
New Sighting
It warmed into low 60s from the mid 30s AM. The warmth brought out the hungry butterflies, after 3 freezing and near freezing nights. This area of the NWR has a thick ever green broadleaf canopy with pines mixed in and provides shelter for both the butterflies and for the remaining wild flowers .