Butterfly Walk at Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn NY...

On Monday, I took a break from Shorebirds and did a Butterfly outing with my friend Rich Kelly. Rich is a fellow member of the NYC Butterfly Club, and an excellent naturalist. We did our Butterfly outing at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn NY and picked up 20 species. Below is a detailed list of species and counts for the day. Enjoy the photos.

Common Buckeye

Butterflies Seen:

Black Swallowtail (10)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2)
Cabbage White (45)
Orange Sulphur (10)
Clouded Sulphur (3)
Gray Hairstreak (1)
E. Tailed Blue (3)
Pearl Crescent (2)
Question Mark (2)
Red Admiral (20)
American Lady (20)
Painted Lady (4)
Common Buckeye (7)
Monarch (20)
Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
Common Sootywing (13)
Tawny-edged Skipper (1)
Sachem (1)
Zabulon Skipper (4)
Broad-winged Skipper (2)

American Lady

Black Swallowtail

Painted Lady

Zabulon Skipper

Broad-winged Skipper

Tags: Floyd Bennett Field, Butterflies

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