Recent sightings

Sunny, 62°,slight breeze. On annuals near porch

Sunny and 74 degrees.

Only one butterfly today, but some cool birds. Four juvenile Double-crested Cormorants at Strickers, one swimming, 3 sitting on a log--I've never seen cormorants at Strickers before. Also lots of kinglets over at the neighboring pond, Tiedeman Pond. Couldn't tell if they were ruby-crowned or golden-crowned but there were LOTS of them.

The painted lady was depositing eggs on thistles

Warm sunny day. Not many butterflies; forbs are all dried up. Surprised to see several Buckeyes.

70+ degrees.

Sunny and low 70's.

Sunny and 58 degrees to start and then warming into the 70's.

mild, about 69 and sunny.

The Sachem were half male and half female.

First Fiery Skipper in Waushara Co. since 2012 (female).

Sunny and 72 degrees.

Sunny and 68 degrees.

70° Sunny. Viceroy, Red Admiral and Gray Hairstreak were in Doreen's sister's small orchard.
Viceroy gave us all a good look at <6 feet away.

It was warm today--quite a few pollinators in the sunny garden among the zinnias and the cosmos. The skippers were fast, and left and came back when I was attempting to photograph them.

Glad to still be seeing Painted Ladies and Sachem.

Along pathway adjacent to restored prairie

Sunny, very windy and 74 degrees.

Found in disburbed area adjacent to restored prairie...

Upper sixties, sunny and breezy.

Sunny and about 65 degrees, 9am.

Sunny, slight breeze, 60°,on annuals by porch of house

Beautiful day! Temps in the 60's.

Mild day (70s), brisk winds. Very few flowers at the park, but butterflies were sighted on Zinnias and Mexican Sunflowers. There were other skippers, but I didn't get close enough to photograph them.

high 60's with wind off the lake. The Fiery Skippers were two separate pairs in different gardens.

I saw several butterflies but was not able to identify any till this one landed in a maple tree. Sunny, calm, high 60s.

Mild and sunny. The butterflies had lots of purple clover to feed on in the mowed areas. It has certainly been a year for Painted Ladies.

70+ degrees - many insects active

70 degrees brought out a bazillion Asian Lady Beetles that put the crimp on walking the roads.

Sunny, very windy and 69 degrees.

Sunny, very windy and 69 degrees.

Sunny, very windy and 57 degrees.

I walked the trail around the Clubhouse Pond.

60° Sunny

A few additional Polygonia sp. were seen

Seen while birding. Bird of the day- several Red Crossbills! Sunny and a bit windy.

Sunny and 57 degrees.

Sunny and 56 degrees.

Tied for 3rd latest Bronze Copper! Cell phone pic attached.

55° Mostly Cloudy. Buckeye was on the field road at noon. Photo is from 5" away with cell phone. Lady's were on the Zinnias.

After an errand in Fitchburg, I stopped at the Monarch Way Station (and the adjacent zinnia patch) in McKee Park to see if the Painted Ladies were still around. They were. But the main event of the day was the skippers--lots of skippers. My numbers may be on the conservative side because the skippers were everywhere. Who'd have thought I'd ever say "oh, it's just another Sachem"? Besides the zinnias, there were Mexican sunflowers, plus red and white clover. There were many skippers alighting on the white clover, so counting (and identifying) those was hard. The other unusual thing was a painted lady landed on red clover and stayed there for quite awhile.

Sunny, light breeze 60s

64 degrees and sunny.

Sunny , 60’s , lslight breeze. Bees, Beetles, & butterfly were on my flowers by my porch.