{"id":694,"date":"2015-06-16T23:36:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T06:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=694"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:05","slug":"june-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"June 16"},"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;} --><\/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 June 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; Hi, butterfly watchers, This is a reminder that our up-island trip is this Saturday. We should have good weather for butterflies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you need a ride, let me know and I&#8217;ll post it to my list. Rides need to be arranged beforehand, and riders should expect to share expenses. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be getting together at the Mount Washington Alpine Lodge at about 10:30am. The drive is about 2 1\/2 hours from Victoria. I plan to explore the trails in the meadows near the lodge, so latecomers will be able to find the group near the base of the chairlift.  We&#8217;ll continue to check further along the trails and meadows above the parking&nbsp;lot&nbsp;for the morning. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the early afternoon, I&#8217;d like to take the chairlift to the top to look for the alpine species. Great Arctic and Arctic Blue are possible. Although Great Arctic are more abundant in even-numbered years, they also occur in odd-numbered years, and I saw&nbsp;many  in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a very good road up the mountain, lots of free parking and a caf\u00e9 and restrooms in the lodge. Bring your binocs, camera and field guides, and don&#8217;t forget sunscreen and a hat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see many of you on Saturday on the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aziza continues:&nbsp; In checking which species are expected on the summit of Mt Washington, I took a look at the blue I saw there two years ago. It&#8217;s an <strong>Arctic Blue<\/strong>, from the dark ground and large markings on the ventral side. It&#8217;s interesting being a newbie and getting a lifer two years after seeing the butterfly. This rarely happens with birding!<\/p>\n<p>[Jeremy Tatum comments:&nbsp; Well, I shouldn&#8217;t really allow a two-year-old photo on the Invert Alert, but I&#8217;ll take this as an enticement for viewers to join the Mount Washington trip &#8211; one of the goodies that you might see there!&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"956\" originalwidth=\"1292\" name=\"\" title=\"C Arctic Blue summit 1a.JPG\" height=\"435.6755417956656\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5580b312858e6.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">Arctic Blue <em>Agriades glandon <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Val George reports an <strong>Anise Swallowtail<\/strong> from Uplands Park, June 15.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Mike Yip sends a photograph of a <strong>Dun Skipper<\/strong> from his Nanoose garden, June 15.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"600\" originalwidth=\"900\" name=\"\" title=\"150615garden-039.jpg\" height=\"392.5333333333333\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5580b312874c9.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">Dun Skipper <em>Euphyes vestris <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 June 16 &nbsp; Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; Hi, butterfly watchers, This is a reminder that our up-island trip is this Saturday. 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