October 2017 Sightings
Jack Miller
Rt 607 near Rea's farm
Cape May County, NJ
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 14
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 14
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 20+
- Common Buckeye 12
- Monarch 40+
- Fiery Skipper 4
- Sachem 1
Will Kerling
Wetlands Institute - Stone Harbor, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
The Red Admirals were feeding on decaying crabapples.
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 9
Red Admiral
Monarch
Jack Miller and TJ Jannsch
Cape May h\Hawk Watch
Cape May County, NJ
Met up with Jack Connor for a big time in the Cape. By 7:45 the monarchs were flying and flew past us at at least 15-20 per hour until we left at 12:30. It was hard to pay attention to them as we were distracted by a golden eagle, bald eagles, harriers, red-tails, red-shouldereds, broad-winged hawks, Coopers, sharp-shins, and many other wonderful birds.
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 80+
New Sighting
Mid 50's with full sun at 2:00; winds around 8-12. Thrilled to find the checkered white in CMY county.
[Conratulations to Jack M on the excellent find – only our third record for checkered white in CMY in our ten years (and interestingly close in timing to our previous CMY report: 10/29/16 by Beth Polvino in her yard). jc]