Milford Point 7/30/15 LETE, AMOY chicks; SESA, PIPL

Milford Point 7/30/15 LETE, AMOY chicks; SESA, PIPL

Record photos of our FOY AMOY and LETE chicks at Milford Point (main sandbar); also a photo of aggregated Semipalmated Sandpipers and a PIPL who is either a 1 year-old bird or a juvenile in advanced plumage (we'll check possibilities):

Semipalmated Sandpiper, Milford Point 7/30/15

Least Tern chick, 7/30/15 Milford Point

American Oystercatcher chick, Milford Point, 7/30/15

AMOY chick and parent, 7/30/15 Milford Point

AMOY chick, 7/30/15, Milford Point

LETE chick, 7/30/15 Milford Point

camouflaged LETE chick 7/30/15 Milford Point

PIPL fresh plumage 7/30 15 Milford Point

PIPL fresh plumage, 7/30/15 Milford Point

Molting PIPL male, 61 Shell,

The adult PIPLs with their second clutch at 61 Shell are beginning to show signs of molt. Notice the male's forehead and neckband as it's losng its dark alternate feathers.

7/7/15 molting 61 Shell male

7/7/15 molting male PIPL 61 Shell

7/5/15 1st Monarch home; Woodbridge ETB; Hickory and Banded together

Finally, a Monarch on our buddleia; a beautiful female Eastern Tailed Blue; a GS Frit--one of the season's abundant butterflies; a photo showing the similar Hairstreaks, Hickory and Banded, both having banner years.

Female Eastern Tailed Blue, Woodbridge Com Gardens 7/5/15

Female Eastern Tailed Blue, Woodbridge 7/5/15

7/5/15 Juniper (left) and Banded Hairstreak (right) Eisenhower Park soccer field

first Monarch home garden buddleia 7/5/15

Great Spangled Fritillary Woodbridge Com Garden 7/5/15

dorsal Eastern Tailed Blue, Woodbridge 7/5/15

7/5/15 home garden Hickory Hairstreak

7/5/15 home garden Hickory Hairstreak: could this be a year of Hickory Hairstreak explosion (see Connecticut Butterfly Atlas, pp 176-77)

Hickory Hairstreak, 7/5/15 home garden

Hickory Hairstreak, 7/5/15 home garden

7/3/15 More Hairstreaks, Naugatuck Industrial Park, Edwards,, Coral, Acadian

More Satyrium hairstreaks at Naugatuck Industrial Park 7/3/15.  A CtLeps report by Peter De Gennaro inspired us to go, and Ray Simpson acted as guide up a gas line cut to find the Corals and Edwards'.

Acadian Hairstreak, Naugatuck Ind Pk, 7/3/15

Edwards' Hairstreak, Naug Ind Pk 7/3/15

Coral Hairstreak, Naug Ind Pk 7/3/15

Coral Hairstreak, Naug Ind Pk, 7/3/15

Coral Hairstreak, Naug Ind Pk 7/3/15

Edwards' Hairstreak Naug Ind Pk 7/3/15