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A visit after work. I first went to the northern trail area and walked the boardwalk, then I drove to the boat ramp/observation tower area, then finally walked the Peggy Park Nature Trail. The weather at 1020 was sunny and 74 degrees ("feels like" 74), with a light breeze. I left at 1226 and headed home.

With Don Fraser; a visit to see what was around. We drove only Rattlesnake Camp Road and 3 Bridges Road. Nearly the only nectar sources were Nuttall's Thistles and Buttonbushes. All species with multiple records represent different individuals. The thistles were covered with swallowtails, while every patch of Buttonbushes had one or more Dukes' Skippers; pretty amazing. The weather at the start was sunny and 88 degrees ("feels like" 93), with a light breeze. We left around 1415.

Photographs taken with my cell phone have precise locations, while those taken with my camera have a large, generic circle for the location.

Colt Creek butterfly count with Linda Cooper, Rob Epstein, and Delia Smith in our party. There were three other parties. We drove mostly unpaved roads in the southern portion of the state park, east to its boundary at the powerline cut (the state park is much larger than I realized; at nearly 6,000 acres!). The weather at the start was sunny and 77 degrees ("feels like" 77) with a light breeze. Deer Flies, mosquitoes, and humidity were non-existent. Owing to the drought, butterfly numbers were mostly low, but we had fairly high diversity (35 species for our party). Multiple records of the same species, especially Southern Skipperling (7 records, plus 22 records of 7 other skipper species) and Carolina Satyr (15 records), represent different individuals. We left at 1602, when the weather was sunny and 90 degrees ("feels like" 90), with a light breeze.

The totals for our party of four -- not all seen by me -- follow:

Zebra Swallowtail -- 2
Black Swallowtail -- 7
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail -- 3
Palamedes Swallowtail -- 4
Great Southern White -- 1
Cloudless Sulphur -- 1
Little Yellow -- 6
Sleepy Orange -- 4
Gray Hairstreak -- 6
Ceraunus Blue -- 4
Gulf Fritillary -- 25
Phaon Crescent -- 15
Pearl Crescent -- 9
Common Buckeye -- 9
White Peacock -- 4
Viceroy -- 4
Appalachian Brown -- 4
Carolina Satyr -- 48
Gemmed Satyr -- 2
Monarch -- 2
Queen -- 4
Dorante's Longtail -- 9
Northern Cloudywing -- 2
Horace's Duskywing -- 2
Zarucco Duskywing -- 2
Tropical Checkered-Skipper -- 4
Southern Skipperling -- 75
Fiery Skipper -- 25
Whirlabout -- 4
Southern Broken-Dash -- 3
Northern Broken-Dash -- 2
Delaware Skipper -- 2
Monk Skipper -- 1
Twin-Spot Skipper -- 3
Brazilian Skipper -- 3 (caterpillars only)

7 hours, 4 miles walked

Birdwise for Polk County, I added one new species (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron) and two new photographed/audio-recorded species (Tufted Titmouse! and Eastern Bluebird).

Colt Creek butterfly count with Linda Cooper, Rob Epstein, and Delia Smith in our party. There were three other parties. We drove mostly unpaved roads in the southern portion of the state park, east to its boundary at the powerline cut (the state park is much larger than I realized; at nearly 6,000 acres!). The weather at the start was sunny and 77 degrees ("feels like" 77) with a light breeze. Deer Flies, mosquitoes, and humidity were non-existent. Owing to the drought, butterfly numbers were mostly low, but we had fairly high diversity (35 species for our party). Multiple records of the same species, especially Southern Skipperling (7 records, plus 22 records of 7 other skipper species) and Carolina Satyr (15 records), represent different individuals. We left at 1602, when the weather was sunny and 90 degrees ("feels like" 90), with a light breeze.

The totals for our party of four -- not all seen by me -- follow:

Zebra Swallowtail -- 2
Black Swallowtail -- 7
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail -- 3
Palamedes Swallowtail -- 4
Great Southern White -- 1
Cloudless Sulphur -- 1
Little Yellow -- 6
Sleepy Orange -- 4
Gray Hairstreak -- 6
Ceraunus Blue -- 4
Gulf Fritillary -- 25
Phaon Crescent -- 15
Pearl Crescent -- 9
Common Buckeye -- 9
White Peacock -- 4
Viceroy -- 4
Appalachian Brown -- 4
Carolina Satyr -- 48
Gemmed Satyr -- 2
Monarch -- 2
Queen -- 4
Dorante's Longtail -- 9
Northern Cloudywing -- 2
Horace's Duskywing -- 2
Zarucco Duskywing -- 2
Tropical Checkered-Skipper -- 4
Southern Skipperling -- 75
Fiery Skipper -- 25
Whirlabout -- 4
Southern Broken-Dash -- 3
Northern Broken-Dash -- 2
Delaware Skipper -- 2
Monk Skipper -- 1
Twin-Spot Skipper -- 3
Brazilian Skipper -- 3 (caterpillars only)

7 hours, 4 miles walked

Birdwise for Polk County, I added one new species (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron) and two new photographed/audio-recorded species (Tufted Titmouse! and Eastern Bluebird).

Colt Creek butterfly count with Linda Cooper, Rob Epstein, and Delia Smith in our party. There were three other parties. We drove mostly unpaved roads in the southern portion of the state park, east to its boundary at the powerline cut (the state park is much larger than I realized; at nearly 6,000 acres!). The weather at the start was sunny and 77 degrees ("feels like" 77) with a light breeze. Deer Flies, mosquitoes, and humidity were non-existent. Owing to the drought, butterfly numbers were mostly low, but we had fairly high diversity (35 species for our party). Multiple records of the same species, especially Southern Skipperling (7 records, plus 22 records of 7 other skipper species) and Carolina Satyr (15 records), represent different individuals. We left at 1602, when the weather was sunny and 90 degrees ("feels like" 90), with a light breeze.

The totals for our party of four -- not all seen by me -- follow:

Zebra Swallowtail -- 2
Black Swallowtail -- 7
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail -- 3
Palamedes Swallowtail -- 4
Great Southern White -- 1
Cloudless Sulphur -- 1
Little Yellow -- 6
Sleepy Orange -- 4
Gray Hairstreak -- 6
Ceraunus Blue -- 4
Gulf Fritillary -- 25
Phaon Crescent -- 15
Pearl Crescent -- 9
Common Buckeye -- 9
White Peacock -- 4
Viceroy -- 4
Appalachian Brown -- 4
Carolina Satyr -- 48
Gemmed Satyr -- 2
Monarch -- 2
Queen -- 4
Dorante's Longtail -- 9
Northern Cloudywing -- 2
Horace's Duskywing -- 2
Zarucco Duskywing -- 2
Tropical Checkered-Skipper -- 4
Southern Skipperling -- 75
Fiery Skipper -- 25
Whirlabout -- 4
Southern Broken-Dash -- 3
Northern Broken-Dash -- 2
Delaware Skipper -- 2
Monk Skipper -- 1
Twin-Spot Skipper -- 3
Brazilian Skipper -- 3 (caterpillars only)

7 hours, 4 miles walked

Birdwise for Polk County, I added one new species (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron) and two new photographed/audio-recorded species (Tufted Titmouse! and Eastern Bluebird).

With Mia Majetschak; Mia's first visit to this spot. The weather at the start was sunny and 82 degrees ("feels like" 85) with calm winds. The heat index increased by the time we left. We had intended to walk the entire perimeter, but I decided to skip the southern portion, as we were both getting dehydrated. We found more Bachman's Sparrows (Mia could hear three singing from one spot near the American Kestrel box), so there are probably several pairs onsite. We also found 7 adult Red-headed Woodpeckers (and heard several others), and we saw 2 Northern Flickers east of the oowerlines. There were at least 4 American Kestrels along the powerlines north of the box, along with a female along the northern fenceline where the WEA heads north past the few homes. We left at 1349 and headed to Applebee's for lunch.

With Mia Majetschak; Mia's first visit to this spot. The weather at the start was sunny and 82 degrees ("feels like" 85) with calm winds. The heat index increased by the time we left. We had intended to walk the entire perimeter, but I decided to skip the southern portion, as we were both getting dehydrated. We found more Bachman's Sparrows (Mia could hear three singing from one spot near the American Kestrel box), so there are probably several pairs onsite. We also found 7 adult Red-headed Woodpeckers (and heard several others), and we saw 2 Northern Flickers east of the oowerlines. There were at least 4 American Kestrels along the powerlines north of the box, along with a female along the northern fenceline where the WEA heads north past the few homes. We left at 1349 and headed to Applebee's for lunch.