March 2009 Sightings

a male was pursuing a female coming from the west over the Delaware Bay / Did they come from Del.?

70 degrees – flew through courtyard

imbibing on bleeding sap from a deciduous tree

sunning then fluttering to the canopy

flying through the forest

1 was sunning, 2nd one flew across marsh, (plus 3rd one found dead on road / hit by car)

basking on sand / went to scat

early record for yd (old 3-19-91)

flying around in the forest

fresh female on powerline

forty five degrees / these cloaks fluttering along the ground leaves - very actively

stopped briefly to sun itself

Flying across highway

fluttering around in a field

Eastern Comma: sunning; Mourning Cloak: sunning

Blueberry Azure: puddling / first one seen 11:18 AM. Photo –>; Eastern Comma: puddling

flew high in the canopy of AWC

flying across road

Blueberry Azure: flying amongst the blueberry bushes deep in the forest; Eastern Comma: cloak kept from scat; Mourning Cloak: one on scat

high of 43 degrees / snow, sleet and rain / same one as yesterday / It is hanging upside under a limb on the ground (photos).

cloak still under log at 10:00 AM / flew later due to sun

on shoulder of road

small / green on ventral side of HW