Sighting for July 21, 2012
Henry Kindervatter
Tinicum County Park
Bucks County, PA
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 200
- Clouded Sulphur 15
- Orange Sulphur 5
- American Copper 2
- Banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- American Lady 4
- Painted Lady 1
- Red Admiral 5
- Common Buckeye 3
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 4
- Common Sootywing 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Common Buckeye
Clouded Sulphur
Spicebush Swallowtail
As part of the NABA-Audubon Butterfly Count for the newly-created Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve count circle, I surveyed this area for 1½ hours. This was the fourth and final area of the day and a real treat! I entered the park adjacent to the old barn and parked at the back, near the Delaware-Lackawanna Canal. I followed the canal tow path south until I encountered a field full of Daisy fleabane, the dominant nectar source ( 40°30’13.02”N, 75° 4’18.13”W). Several other nectar sources were observed - Milkweed & Dogbane were not in bloom, but Queen Anne’s Lace, the tall White Clover, Bull Thistle were all blooming.