Sighting for December 27, 2016
Jim Egbert
Roscoe Rd. , Orange Beach
Baldwin County, AL
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 5
- Long-tailed Skipper 7
Long-tailed Skipper
Monarch
New Sighting
Jim Egbert
Roscoe Rd. , Orange Beach
Baldwin County, AL
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 5
- Long-tailed Skipper 7
Long-tailed Skipper
Monarch
Partly Cloudly
Wind southerly
Winds 15 - 20
Temps lower 60s - upper 70s
The escaped Canola, Brassica napus, is providing wide spread nectar sources for our winter butterfly populations. Canola also gives us a nice splash of yellow along the roadside, and covers many of what would be barren fields.