Sighting for June 12, 2016
Allan R. Loudell
Cape May Bird Observatory Garden, Goshen & Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area, near South Dennis
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White Dozens
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- American Lady 6
- Least Skipper 3
A hot humid morning, but comparatively few butterflies. I hadn’t visited the Cape May Bird Observatory Garden near Goshen in a couple of years. Unfortunately, many nectaring shrubs and the Butterfly bushes, gone. Far less of a magnet for butterflies than in some previous years.