Recent sightings

Mid 40's; sun filtered through high cirrus. Lone bfly seen in 90 minutes and 3 locations.

Fluttering along the sand

[Like red admiral, common buckeye is resilient to cold, a sometimes-underappreciated fall migrant, and found pretty regularly at coastal areas in late November/early December. We have had December reports of buckeyes in 11 of our 14 log seasons. jc]

Midday flyover.

[This is the 12th year in a row we have logged a monarch in December.]

This was a nice bright surprise on this 44° morning at the Point.

[Red admirals are showing their toughness once again – our log has recorded December reports of the species in 11 of our 14 seasons and have had at least one December report every year since 2017. jc]

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Clear sky
Temperature: 45 - 47°F
Wind: Light breeze
Wind Direction: NE - N
Cloud Cover: 0
Humidity: 60 - 64
Sunrise: 6:57am
Sunset: 4:38pm
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A nice surprise. It had began warming up by the time of this sighting, but it was 33° when I first got out this morning.

Both Red Admirals were very beat up. The Mourning Cloak was a fly-by surprise, never landed for a photo op.

Both seen flying along the wildlife drive.

Incidental sightings while birding today. Sunny, breezy, with temps reaching the mid 50s.

Happy Thanksgiving ! I guess the Swan has a few more bars left to sing. Sunny, Warm, Wonderful

Thanksgiving day walk

56 degrees, sunny, the smaller (male I presume) American Lady is still with me! I watched as it flew from one very poor withered flower to another from about 12-2 pm. Next year I will plant more of these chrysanthemums, not native but the only flower to survive the frosts in my yard.

Thanksgiving visitor! On this late blooming chrysanthemum, along with numerous bees and flies

50-ish degrees, sunny, light wind