Howard County Bird Club
A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society
Howard County Conservancy Butterfly Walk
| Trip leaders: Kevin Heffernan and Woody Merkle Photographer: Cris Ausin |
Date of trip: June 25, 2023 |
| Location: Mount Pleasant | Number attending: 17 |
| Details: The walk was co-sponsored by the Howard County Conservancy and the Howard County Bird Club. It was a party cloudy day with a high temperature of 90 degrees A total of 17 species were seen. The list of species seen is below. The walk covered much of the grassland loop, the small garden in front of the Gudelsky Center, and the Tulip Poplar trail to the Butterfly garden. The target species for this walk were Coral and Banded Hairstreak which are flying for a few weeks at this time of year. Three Coral Hairstreaks and a single Banded Hairstreak were found. The single American Snout was also a nice find. Several photos taken by Chris Ausin are included in the report. Thanks Chris. | |
Silver Spotted Skipper 4
Northern Broken-Dash 1
Little Glassywing 20
Dun Skipper 10
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Cabbage White 7
Orange Sulphur 1
Coral Hairstreak 3
Banded Hairstreak 1
Gray Hairstreak 1
Eastern Tailed-Blue 15
Summer Azure 2
American Snout 1
Great Spangled Fritillary 2
Pearl Crescent 1
Little Wood-Satyr 2
Monarch 1