{"id":1395,"date":"2015-02-24T00:46:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T08:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:12","slug":"february-23-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=1395","title":{"rendered":"February 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html> <head> <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" style=\"display:none\"><!--P{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} .ms-cui-menu {background-color:#ffffff;border:1px rgb(166, 166, 166) solid;font-family:'Segoe UI','Segoe WP','Segoe UI WPC',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);} .ms-cui-menusection-title {display:none;} .ms-cui-ctl {vertical-align:text-top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);} .ms-cui-ctl-on {background-color:rgb(205, 230, 247);opacity: 0.8;} .ms-cui-img-cont-float {display:inline-block;margin-top:2px} .ms-cui-smenu-inner {padding-top:0px;} .ms-owa-paste-option-icon {margin: 0px 6px 0px 6px;vertical-align:middle!important;padding-bottom: 2px;display:inline-block;} .ms-rtePasteFlyout-option:hover {background-color:rgb(205, 230, 247) !important;opacity:1 !important;} .ms-rtePasteFlyout-option {padding:8px 4px 8px 4px;outline:none;} .ms-cui-menusection {float:left; width:85px;height:24px;overflow:hidden}.wf {speak:none; font-weight:normal; font-variant:normal; text-transform:none; -webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased; vertical-align:middle; display:inline-block;}.wf-family-owa {font-family:'o365Icons'}@font-face {  font-family:'o365IconsIE8';  src:url('prem\/15.0.995.34\/resources\/styles\/office365icons.ie8.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),         url('prem\/15.0.995.34\/resources\/styles\/office365icons.ie8.woff') format('woff'),         url('prem\/15.0.995.34\/resources\/styles\/office365icons.ie8.ttf') format('truetype');  font-weight:normal;  font-style:normal;}@font-face {  font-family:'o365IconsMouse';  src:url('prem\/15.0.995.34\/resources\/styles\/office365icons.mouse.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),         url('prem\/15.0.995.34\/resources\/styles\/office365icons.mouse.woff') format('woff'),         url('prem\/15.0.995.34\/resources\/styles\/office365icons.mouse.ttf') format('truetype');  font-weight:normal;  font-style:normal;}.wf-family-owa {font-family:'o365IconsMouse'}.ie8 .wf-family-owa {font-family:'o365IconsIE8'}.ie8 .wf-owa-play-large:before {content:'\\e254';}.notIE8 .wf-owa-play-large:before {content:'\\e054';}.ie8 .wf-owa-play-large {color:#FFFFFF\/*$WFWhiteColor*\/;}.notIE8 .wf-owa-play-large {border-color:#FFFFFF\/*$WFWhiteColor*\/; width:1.4em; height:1.4em; border-width:.1em; border-style:solid; border-radius:.8em; text-align:center; box-sizing:border-box; -moz-box-sizing:border-box; padding:0.1em; color:#FFFFFF\/*$WFWhiteColor*\/;}.ie8 .wf-size-play-large {width:40px; height:40px; font-size:30px}.notIE8 .wf-size-play-large {width:40px; height:40px; font-size:30px}.notIE8 .wf-owa-triangle-down-small:before {content:'\\e052';}.ie8 .wf-owa-triangle-down-small:before { content:'\\e052';}.ie8 .wf-owa-triangle-down-small {color:#666666\/*$WFGreyColor*\/;}.wf-size-x20 {font-size: 20px!important;}--><\/style>\n<p> <\/head> <body dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 February 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp;&nbsp; I saw my first butterfly of the year today &#8211; a <strong> Mourning Cloak<\/strong> at Swan Lake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeff Gaskin writes:&nbsp; Today, February 23, I saw my first <strong>Cabbage Whites<\/strong> of the year and it&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve ever seen them in February. One was on Harriet Road at Chown Place, and the other one was on Balfour Place. Both butterflies  are in the Gorge\/Burnside neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy comments:&nbsp; I don&#8217;t think I have ever seen one in February either, so this is indeed an early record.&nbsp; Satyr Commas and Mourning Cloaks spend the winter as adult butterflies, and so in principle might be found in any month of the year.&nbsp; Cabbage  Whites, on the other hand, spend the winter in the pupal stage, so Jeff&#8217;s record represents an early emergence.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 February 23 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp;&nbsp; I saw my first butterfly of the year today &#8211; a Mourning Cloak at Swan Lake. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jeff Gaskin writes:&nbsp; Today, February 23, I saw my first Cabbage Whites of the year and it&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve ever seen them in February. 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