jmarcinik's Identifications

Annutteliga Butterfly Count with Clint Gibson; participants in other parties included Linda Cooper, Lori & Ron Smith, Julie Appleget, John Lampkin, and others. This is Stop #2: Brittle Road from CR-480 south to Trail 26, then return to CR-480. We searched many Sparkleberry bushes but found little until around 1200, when butterflies (especially hairstreaks) became numerous. We returned to CR-480 at 1300 and headed to Stage Coach Cemetery.

Our (tentative) totals for the day are:

Pipevine Swallowtail (2)
Zebra Swallowtail (6)
Spicebush Swallowtail (4)
Southern Dogface (40)
Little Yellow (1)
Barred Yellow (4)
Cloudless Sulphur (11)
Great Purple Hairstreak (2)
White M Hairstreak (1)
"Southern" Oak Hairstreak (23)
Red-banded Hairstreak (1)
Gray Hairstreak (1)
Ceraunus Blue (2)
Gulf Fritillary (43)
Phaon Crescent (4)
Red Admiral (11)
American Lady (14)
Common Buckeye (13)
Carolina Satyr (6)
Monarch (2)
Horace's Duskywing
Neamathla Skipper (1)
Eufala Skipper (1)
Whirlabout (11)
"Seminole" Dotted Skipper (1)

With Holly (Helen Lovell-Wayne). We walked the perimeter to the powerliines, then south, then east to the southeastern boundary, then west to the powerlines, then north along the nature trail clockwise back to Jet. The weather at the start was sunny and 55 degrees ("feels like" 54) with a light breeze. We left at 1021 and headed to Chinsegut.

Each record here represents a different individual; I photographed only one Red-headed Woodpecker, despite us having seen 8 or 9, all adults.

A solo visit after Perry Oldenburg WEA to see if the feeders had any bird seed -- they did and are well maintained. I sat on the bench near the feeders. Many Pine Warblers were swarming the feeder. The weather at the start was __. I left at __ and headed home.

They were standing on the wood with gulls near them. Some of them itching themselves. They have dark feathers that are brownish-black on its body. Its beak and face are more of an orangish color. There is a little bit of lighter-colored feathers around its chest.