8/9/14 Bauer Park leps Mulberry Wing, Peck's, Tawny

A few of the butterfly species from the CBA walk in Bauer Park in Madison Ct today, 8/9/14.  Mulberry Wing, Peck's Skipper, Tawny-edged Skipper:

Mulberry Wing ventral (one of group of 4)

Peck's Skipper (most numerous today)

Eastern Tailed Blue

Tawny-edged Skipper

Gimpy 8/1/14; COTE, LETE 7/31/14

SB Dowtichers, middle Herdersonii, 7/30/14 Mlfd Pt

Gimpy shading

COTE 7/31/14 Mlfd Pt

Gimpy 8/1/14

Gimpy 8/1/14

Semipalmated Sandpiper, Plover w/ Sanderling 7/31/14 Mlfd Pt

LETE w/ chick Mlf Pt 7/31/14

Gimpy 809 E Broadway, 8/1/14

Gimpy 7/26; LETE juv 7/24;juv AMOY, juv LETE

Gimpy was found by monitor Elizabeth M-G on Silver Sands on 7/25/14; found him back on E Broadway today, 7/26/14 (in line with Maddox Ave).  Also shown below, juveniles of two of the other target species for monitoring by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds: Least Tern and American Oystercatcher, both of which bred on the sandbars at Milford Point in 2014.

7/24/14 juvenile Least Tern Milford Pt

Adult male Long-tailed Duck, Mlfd Pt, 7/24/14

Juvenile AMOY, 7/24/14 Mlfd Pt

Juv Least Tern 7/24/14 Mlfd Pt

Juv Least Tern, 7/24/14 Mlfd Pt

Gimpy E Bway, 7/26/14

Gimpy E Broadway 7/26/14

Gimpy E Broadway 7/26/14

7/24/14 PIPL Gimpy 849 E Broadway

Today, 7/23/14, Gimpy was foraging in the wrack and at the water in line with 849 East Broadway.  His family (adult male and 3 siblings) left 2 days ago, but he has remained.  He flies well.  We hope he will be able to migrate south.  A few record shots from this morning:

7/19/14 Bent of the River CBA Himmelman

A few photos from the Bent of the River CBA field trip led by John Himmelman on 7/19/14, a cloudy but productive day.  Common Wood Nymph most common leo of the day.

John Himmelman with Pandorus Sphinx on hose, 7/19/14, Bent of the River

Prometheus Moth caterpillar

Little Glassywing 7/19/14 Bent

Deleware Skipper Bent 7/19/14

American Copper Bent 7/19/14

Halloween Dragonfly Bent 7/19/14

Thred-waisted wasp 7/19/14 Bent

Little Glassywing Bent 7/19/14

Common Wood Nymph 7/19/14

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Confused Haploa (Haploa confusa Bent 7/19/14 Peterson306

Crab Spider Bent 7/19/14

Arched Hooktip (Deprana arcuata) Peterson 176

The Bad-Wing (Dyspteris abortivaria) 7/19/14 Bent (Peterson 200)

Pandora Sphinx (Eumorpha pandorus) 7/19/14 Bent (Peterson  264)

Dun Skipper 7/19/14 Bent

Dogbane Leaf Beetle 7/19/14 Bent

7/20/14 Shell PIPL

Day 34 for the Shell PIPL, all together still.

Shell Ave juv, 7/20/14

Gimpy 7/20/14 Enlarge to see his 2 "toenails"

Gimpy 7/20/14

Gimpy 7/20/14

Gimpy sibling 7/20/14

Gimpy sibling 7/20/14

Gimpy 7/20/14 in movement

Dad, 7/20/14 Shell Ave