[EBB Sightings] Painted Lady

I have not identified them, but I noticed an unusually large number of
butterflies on my bike ride today, along Redwood and Pinehurst roads between
Castro Valley and Oakland.  Smallish, orangish, probably saw several
hundred.

Johan Langewis
Oakland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Thomas" 
To: "EBBC" 
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:54 PM
Subject: [EBB Sightings] Painted Lady


> Not a rare bird, but we seem to be having a massive
> movement of Painted lady butterflies through the area.
>  At Mitchell canyon this morning Painted Ladies made
> up three of four butterflies seem and at home in
> Martinez there has been a continuous stream of them,
> all heading north.  We must be talking about
> thousands.  is anyone else seeing this?
> Rob Thomas
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