Subject: Cape May Butterfly Notes

From: Henry Brodkin <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 11:39:07 -0800

The following butterfly notes have been excerpted from the Cape May Bird
Hotline as transcribed by Laurie Larson.

Laurie Larson wrote:

>
> - Transcript
> Hotline:      Cape May Birding Hotline
> Date:         Apr. 4, 1996
> Number:       (609) 884-2626
> To Report:    (609) 884-2736
> Coverage:     Cape May, Cumberland and Altantic Co., NJ
> Compiler:     Cape May Bird Observatory staff
>
> You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New
> Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. Highlights
> for the week ending April 4 include sightings of EUROPEAN HERRING
> GULL, ICELAND, GLAUCOUS, AND LESSER BLACK-BACK GULLS, new spring
> arrivals, local nature notes, and announcements.
>

(bird stuff deleted)

> SPRING AZURES, tiny bright blue butterflies, are flying now and
> especially in evidence along sand roads in Belleplain. If you're
> familiar with Spring Azures, look at them closely when they perch
> and you can see the underside and try to determine which of the
> three spring forms you are seeing: (1) "lucia" has a dark mark in
> the center of the hindwing below and has a dark brown margin, (2)
> "marginata" lacks the central dark mark but does have the
> marginal brown, and (3) "violacea" lack both marks and are quite
> white below. Both "lucia" and "marginata" spring azures were
> seen on Jakes Landing Road on April 3. Three butterflies winter
> as adults locally (MOURNING CLOAK, QUESTION MARK, AND COMMA);
> both Mourning Cloaks and Question Marks have been seen this week.
>

>
> The Cape May Bird Observatory is a research and education
> unit of the New Jersey Audubon Society. Our aim is to
> perpetuate and preserve the ornithological significance of
> Cape May. Your membership supports these goals and this
> birding hotline. For more information regarding Cape May
> birding, our programs and field trips, and the Observatory,
> call our office at 609-884-2736 or a send a request for
> info to CMBO, P.O. Box 3, Cape May Point, NJ 08212. If you
> are in the area, do not hesitate to visit our headquarters
> and growing birding bookstore at 707 E. Lake Dr., Cape May
> Point. We're open 9-5 every day but Monday.
>
> The Cape May birding hotline [(609) 884-2626] is a service
> of Cape May Bird Observatory and includes sightings from
> Cape May, Atlantic, and Cumberland counties and adjacent
> areas. Updates are made on Thursday evening, more often if
> warranted. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds
> to CMBO at (609) 884-2736. Thank you for calling; good birding.
>
> - End transcript

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