Silver Sands Dickcissel, raptors, 9/29/16

A Dickcissel was in the sparrow lanes at Silver Sands SP on 9/29/16.

Dickcissel, Silver Sands SP, 9/29/16

Dickcissel, Silver Sands SP, 9/29/16

Dickcissel, Silver Sands SP, 9/29/16

Red-tailed Hawk, juv. 9/29/16 Silver Sands SP

Red-tailed Hawk, juv. 9/29/16 Silver Sands SP

Kestrel, Silver Sands SP, 9/29/16

Dickcissel, Silver Sands SP, 9/29/16

Home garden leps 9/22/16

Some of the leps in our garden on 9/22/16.  Many are at a late date and/or southern species; for example, Peck's Skipper, Ocola Skipper, Sachem, Fiery Skipper.  Perhaps the very warm September and its lingering summer weather has been a factor.

Peck's Skipper, 9/22/16

Gray Hairstreak, 9/22/16 Milford home, dorsal (hard to get)

Gray Hairstreak, 9/22/16 , ventral, Milford home

Wild Indigo Dusky Duskywing, home, 9/22/16

Ocola Skipper, home, 9/22/16

Fiery Skipper, home 9/22/16

American Lady, home, 9/22/16

Red Admiral, home 9/22/16

Common Buckeye, home, 9/22/16

Monarch, home, 9/22/16

fighting Monarchs, hoe, 9/22/16

Fiery Skipper, home, 9/22/16

Orange Sulphur, home, 9/22/16

Orange Sulphur, home, 9/22/16

Orange Sulphur, home, 9/22/16

Ocola Skipper, home, 9/22/16

moth, home garden, 9/22/16

moth and Gray Hairstreak, 9/22/16

Ocola Skipper, home, 9/22/16

Pipevine Swallowtail, home, 9/21/16

A Pipevine Swallowtail was on our Buddleia on 9/21/16: that's the second latest at our garden in 16 years.  I photographed it during its 4 minute stay at our neighbor's Buddleia.  Below, a few record photos, which can't do justice to the splendid butterfly.

a garbled ventral view of Pipevine Swallowtail, 9/21/16, Milford home garden

Baird's Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper Milford Point, 9/15/16

(juvenile) Baird's Sandpiper, Milford Point; non-breeding White-rumped Sandpiper; Milford Point, 9/15/16.  Baird's Sandpiper has been seen quite frequently in CT this season.

Baird's Sandpiper, Milford Point, main sandbar, 9/15/16

Baird's Sandpiper, Milford Point, main sandbar, 9/15/16

Baird's Sandpiper, Milford Point, main sandbar, 9/15/16

Baird's Sandpiper, Milford Point, main sandbar, 9/15/16

Baird's Sandpiper, Milford Point, main sandbar, 9/15/16

Baird's Sandpiper (bottom bird is SESA), Milford Point, main sandbar, 9/15/16

The White-rumped Sandpiper is another long-winged sandpiper with impressive primary projection (the  distance the primaries extend beyond the tertials).

White-rumped Sandpiper (non-breeding), 9/15/16, Milford Point

White-rumped Sandpiper (non-breeding), 9/15/16, Milford Point (note white rump)

Long-tailed Skipper, Milford, 9/17/16

In neighbor's Buddleia, this afternoon, 9/17/16, Long-tailed Skipper:

Long-tailed Skipper, ventral, 9/17/16, Milford coastal home

Long-tailed Skipper,dorsal, 9/17/16,Milford coastal home

Cloudless Sulphur, Ocola Skipper 9/12/16; Sachems, Orange/Clouded Sulphur

Today we had another Cloudless Sulphur fly through our yard, but this time it stopped in the garden across the street and I was able to get a record photo.  Also, the Ocola Skipper was back, this time in an aster with 8 Sachem Skippers.  On the 14th, still more than a dozen Sachems, a Giant, a Viceroy, and a Orange/Cloudless cross.

Ocola Skipper, home, 9/12/16

Cloudless Sulphur, neighbor's grden, 9/12/16

Ocola Skipper, home, 9/12/16

Ocola Skipper, home, 9/12/16

female Sachem, home, 9/12/16

male Sachem, home, 9/11/16

Orange Sulphur, Nicholdale Farm, Shelton, 9/12/16

Ocola Skipper, home, 9/12/16

Ocola Skipper, home, 9/12/16

Orange/Clouded Sulphur, home, 9/14/16

ventral male Sachem, 9/14/16, home

Ocola Skipper, home, 9/12/16