gbrandon's Identifications

A solo visit after work to see if I could find any Sleepy Duskywings, which would be a lifer. Ron Smith found 18 here two days ago, so I was confident. I stopped looking for Sleepy Duskywings after I found my 15th individual, photographing 8 of them, including one ovipositing on a Myrtle Oak!

For fears that collectors might be using iNat to locate butterflies to capture, I am keeping the location vague, as did Ron for his records.

The weather at the start was sunny and 81 degrees ("feels like" 83) with a light breeze. After walking north and south (or east and west ...) along Scrub Island Road twice, I left at 1631 and headed home.

Several plant and wasp IDs are by iNat's "machine learning."

With Li Yinan and others; another unsuccessful search for North America's first Gray Gull. The weather was sunny and hot. I left at 1610 and met up with Dave Goodwin and Jim Eager and we called it a day and headed to dinner. None of us had eaten anything since breakfast at Cross City at 0500 EST and we were all feeling ill.

With Li Yinan and others; another unsuccessful search for North America's first Gray Gull. The weather was sunny and hot. I left at 1610 and met up with Dave Goodwin and Jim Eager and we called it a day and headed to dinner. None of us had eaten anything since breakfast at Cross City at 0500 EST and we were all feeling ill.

With Li Yinan and others; another unsuccessful search for North America's first Gray Gull. The weather was sunny and hot. I left at 1610 and met up with Dave Goodwin and Jim Eager and we called it a day and headed to dinner. None of us had eaten anything since breakfast at Cross City at 0500 EST and we were all feeling ill.

With Valeri Ponzo; we explored the park after discovering several Common Yuccas with eggs and/or caterpillars of Yucca Giant-Skippers. I did not record the weather but at 1036, it was sunny, 79 degrees, and breezy. We left at 1250 and headed to the Big Cypress Boardwalk at Goethe State Forest.

Feeding nestlings.

With Valeri Ponzo; we explored the park after discovering several Common Yuccas with eggs and/or caterpillars of Yucca Giant-Skippers. I did not record the weather but at 1036, it was sunny, 79 degrees, and breezy. We left at 1250 and headed to the Big Cypress Boardwalk at Goethe State Forest.

With Valeri Ponzo; we explored the park after discovering several Common Yuccas with eggs and/or caterpillars of Yucca Giant-Skippers. I did not record the weather but at 1036, it was sunny, 79 degrees, and breezy. We left at 1250 and headed to the Big Cypress Boardwalk at Goethe State Forest.

With Valeri Ponzo; we explored the park after discovering several Common Yuccas with eggs and/or caterpillars of Yucca Giant-Skippers. I did not record the weather but at 1036, it was sunny, 79 degrees, and breezy. We left at 1250 and headed to the Big Cypress Boardwalk at Goethe State Forest.

With Valeri Ponzo; we explored the park after discovering several Common Yuccas with eggs and/or caterpillars of Yucca Giant-Skippers. I did not record the weather but at 1036, it was sunny, 79 degrees, and breezy. We left at 1250 and headed to the Big Cypress Boardwalk at Goethe State Forest.