Sighting for September 7, 2012
Tom Fiore
Hook Mt., Nyack
Rockland County, NY
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Question Mark 2
- American Lady 6+
- Painted Lady 2
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Monarch 12+
- Sachem 4
- Dun Skipper 1
Red-banded Hairstreak is rare north of N.Y. City; Sachems were once rare in Rockland Co. but no longer are; Dun Skipper is fairly regular at this site in late summer, a possible / likely second brood here.