Sighting for March 29, 2016
Craig Marks
a WMA along the River Road at the Perdido River, Gatewood AL
Baldwin County, AL
- Pipevine Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 14
- Palamedes Swallowtail 20+
- Cabbage White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- Hessel's Hairstreak 5
- Red-banded Hairstreak 15+
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Common Buckeye 1
- Carolina Satyr 15+
- Southern Cloudywing 2
- Juvenal's Duskywing 6
- Southern Broken-Dash 2
The Hessel’s appeared to be all males, swirling around the tops of Atlantic White Cedars. Several stopped and perched on extended branches, giving good views of their green scaling thru a sighting scope. There was a lot of Black Titi in bloom, but only Red-banded HSs and Palamedes STs were seen on those blooms.