[EBB Sightings] Mitchell Canyon, Mt. Diablo State Park today <8B7E5DBF7B1540A091507FF40BD9EAE4@ownerb84886c7a>

Uh oh!  It looks like the links to the info page didn't go through ;-(
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Hislop" 
To: 
Cc: "sightings" 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Mitchell Canyon, Mt. Diablo State Park today


> Robert (and all),
> Here's my butterfly list from today's ride up Mitchell Canyon.  If you 
> click
> on the Latin name it should bring up the information page, including
> pictures, etc.  I plan on returning to Mitchell soon to look more 
> thoroughly
> for hairstreaks, sulfurs, and Swallowtails.
> Common Sootywing  (Pholisora catullus)
> Painted Lady  (Vanessa cardui)
> California Tortoiseshell  (Nymphalis californica)
> Buckeye  (Junonia coenia)
> Mylitta Crescent  (Phyciodes mylitta)
> California Common Ringlet  (Coenonympha tullia california)
> Acmon Blue  (Plebejus acmon)
> Spring Azure  (Celastrina argiolus)
> Western Orangetip (Anthocharis sara)
> Mourning Cloak  (Nymphalis antiopa)
> Bob Hislop
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Thomas" 
> To: "Bob Hislop" 
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Mitchell Canyon, Mt. Diablo State Park today
> I would love to know what butterflies you saw in Mitchell Canyon.  I am 
> also
> a "butterfly person" (as well as "dragonfly person").  I was in Mitchell
> Canyon (and White Canyon) on the 1st and while birds were so-so (39 
> species,
> no migrants), the butterflies were competing with the wildflowers for my
> attention.  I had a good list of species, but missed IDs on several and 
> know
> there are more I never saw (who knows what flew by while photographing Owl
> Clover).  My list.
> Western Tiger Swallowtail
> Cabbage White
> Pacific Orange-tip
> Large Marble
> Orange Sulphur
> ?Bramble? Hairstreak
> Thicket Hairstreak
> Acmon Blue
> Mylitta Crescent
> Northern Checkerspot
> California Tortoiseshell
> Painted Lady
> Red Admiral
> Propertius Duskywing
> Rob Thomas
> Martinez
> --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Bob Hislop  wrote:
>> From: Bob Hislop 
>> Today I mtn-biked up Mitchell Canyon, and observed the
>> Pacific slope Flycatcher that was heard yesterday.  I also
>> spotted a Spotted Towhee, a Western Bluebird and a pair of
>> titmice constructing a nest (also, for the first time I
>> heard a Junco singing).  And, since I am also a
>> "butterfly person", I counted 10 species of
>> butterflies (I can list them upon request).
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