June 15, 2005
The Blue Moth of Saddle Mountain
We finally had a weather window suitable for climbing Saddle Mountain today (June 15). The temperature was on the cool side 49°F at 09:00, only 67°F at 13:00. We didn't start seeing any butterflies until afternoon.
Among the leps we found was the odd, blue butterfly mimick Cœnurgina cœrulea which I call Cerulean Moth around non-latinite.
Other species:Posted by mbalame at June 15, 2005 3:24 PM
Pale Swallowtail 3
Anise Swallowtail 2
Margined White 28
Spring Azure 1
Moss's Elfin 1
Painted Lady 12
W Meadow Fritillary 4
Satyr Anglewing 1
Cinnabar Moth
Caenurgia caerulea
Rheumaptera subhastata
Mesoleuca gratulata
Townsend's Chipmunk
California Groundsquirrel
Northwestern GartersnakeBirds seen (in taxonomic order):
Turkey Vulture 3
Calliope Hummingbird 1 [1]
Rufous Hummingbird 7 [2]
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
Common Raven 1
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
American Dipper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 [3]
Hermit Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager 1
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red Crossbill
Footnotes:
[1] at least 1; possibly 2
[2] mostly juveniles
[3] Audubon's, lots of singing
Total number of species seen: 26