St George’s Day 2024
Jeremy Tatum writes: On Mount Douglas today at 4:30 pm I saw four Sara Orangetips, and, at the very top, hilltopping, were a California Tortoiseshell and a Painted Lady (the first reported to Invert Alert this year), chasing each other around the Teacup. There was a California Tortoiseshell on the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 5:00 pm. Did the tortoiseshell and the lady migrate here after spending the winter further south? Or did they overwinter here? Who knows?
At 5:...
2024 April 22 evening
Marie O’Shaughnessy writes: I did always want to know where butterflies go when it clouds over, so finally I found a male Sara Orangetip hanging in an oak tree on Mount Douglas yesterday Sunday. April 21. Only one male flying fleetingly around. The underside of a butterfly truly does help in camouflage . Just learning all these fascinating things about nature. Can’t wait for the dragonflies to emerge and return later this month.
Male Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara (Le...