Butterfly sightings for August 2020
Aug 1 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Mascoutin Trail - North Section
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Aug 1 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
partly cloudy, high 70s, slight breeze |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Mascoutin Trail - Northern Section
Third giant swallowtail of the day and one REALLY worn black swallowtail that was laying eggs every chance she found |
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Aug 1 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Boerner Botanical Gardens (unrestricted area)
Partly cloudy but mostly sunny. Temps in high 70s and low 80s. |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Pamela Skaar
Location: McCarty Youth and Conservation County Park
10:19 - 13:07. Many large black damselflies with a white spot on the wing were gracefully flying around. I saw 3 hairstreaks in a wooded area with oaks but did could not ID. 5 of the clouded sulfurs were white |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Mike Caplan
Location: Sturgeon Bay
Compton Tortoiseshell was enjoying some minerals from our patio gravel around 3pm. My first sighting of Nymphalis vaualbum. It visited the patio several times during the afternoon and was kind enough to pose for a few photos. |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Susie VanDeWeghe
Location: Town of Middleton
In our yard |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Cathy Olyphant
Location: Wildwood Bike Trail between Co Line Road and 10th Ave
Spotted this Fritillary hiding in the shade. Sunny and upper 70s. |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Mike Reese, Karen Oberhauser
Location: UW Arboretum - Grady Trect
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Aug 1 2020 |
Dave Hogg
Location: Pleasant View Golf Course
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Aug 1 2020 |
Eugene H Ostertag
Location: My yard
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Aug 1 2020 |
Cathy Olyphant
Location: 10th Ave between Co Roads B and BB
Spotted all these while bicycling this morning. Sunny and upper 70s. |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Abbey Celeste
Location: Verona
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Aug 1 2020 |
Barbara Figlewicz
Location: 10343N Cardinal Lane, Hayward WI 54843
Our cabin is in the Chequamegon National Forest. I saw this butterfly flitting from tree to tree in the late morning of August 1, 2020. Tree cluster was birch, maple. & oak. Weather was sunny and 75 degrees. |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Thomas Saugen
Location: In our backyard, West Bend, WI
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Aug 1 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Mount Horeb
Private residence, surrounded by agriculture fields (corn, alfalfa, and oats) |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Ann Thering
Location: My butterfly garden
One mated pair of Monarchs. |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Jay Watson
Location: Backyard Rosecrans
70F, sunny, calm; saw both snowberry and hummingbird clearwings moths |
★ = New county photo record |
Aug 1 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Mequon Nature Preserve
Mild, breezy, and sunny. Also had a Punctured Tiger Beetle. And a beautiful moth that was white above and black and white checkered below that I can't yet identify. |
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Aug 1 2020 |
Kyle Schumacher
Location: Cadiz Springs State Recreation Area
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Aug 1 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Avon Ridge
Parked on the road and walked. 78 and a light breeze
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Aug 2 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Lakeshore State Park
early 7:30-10 am sunny |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Mascoutin Trail - North Side
Biking Trip up Mascoutin Trail |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Corey Olson
Location: Private land on Cherry rd
I saw at least 6 Monarchs but I only go close enough to photograph a couple of them |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Staci Marrese-Wheeler
Location: Hidden Farm Park, McFarland, WI
Spotted this dark form female midday. On the edge of a large meadow; close to treeline. |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Alex Jerabek
Location: Green Bay. My backyard in city limits
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Aug 2 2020 |
Jeff Annen
Location: Mt Morris Camp and retreat center
Multiple sightings of Karner blues in prairie at Mt Morris camp and retreat center. 6 years of habitat work paid off today!
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Aug 2 2020 |
Thomas Myers
Location: Lake Geneva - Geneva Manor
Pulling weeds and this Skipper stopped by. |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: My backyard in Stoughton
Breezy partly cloudy 75 degree day |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Jeremy Meyer
Location: Boerner Botanical Gardens
All seen in test garden |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Terry Mortier
Location: South of Shell lake on old HWY 63
Cool windy late afternoon. Checking a few scattered milkweeds on old HWY 63. |
★ = New county photo record |
Aug 2 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
70s, mostly sunny, light breeze |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: My yard, Cross Plains, WI
Mostly cloudy, 75 degrees, breezy. |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Donna M Williams-Richter
Location: Homer Road near Fennimore
Cloudy with temperature in mid 70's to low 80's. Fairly quiet day for seeing butterflies. Meadow Fritillary was on a Cone Flower planted in a Native Prairie restoration area. |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Amy Chamberlin
Location: Moely Prairie, Prairie du Sac
Lots of big and bright Monarchs - several of which were mating. Finally saw an American Lady in awhile and recorded our very first Viceroy of the season. |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Larsen Prairie Trails SNA
Blazing star are in bloom, but not many butterflies. Best find of the day was a bumblebee that is new to me. Probably just an unusual color morph |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
Most of the butterflies are from Old Marsh Road (13 of the Least Skippers were found here) and Main Dike Road. All of the Broad-winged and Sedge Skippers were found in Swamp Milkweed patches along the south side of Main Dike Road. |
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Aug 2 2020 |
Rita Flores Wiskowski
Location: Boerner Botanical Gardens
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Aug 3 2020 |
Dan Pubanz
Location: Balsam Row Rd
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Aug 3 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Mounds View Grassland - Schurch-Thomson Prairie
Cold, windy and overcast |
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Aug 3 2020 |
Eugene H Ostertag
Location: North Hudson
In my garden. |
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Aug 3 2020 |
Daniel Flynn
Location: Dutch Hollow Lake
Seen in tall grass at the edge of the lake on an overcast day with temp in mid 60's. |
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Aug 3 2020 |
Mary Earll
Location: Hawks Landing Golf Course, Verona, WI
My son works at Hawks Landing and saw this beauty in the grass along a cart path. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Kathleen Yurkonis
Location: Albany, WI
Image was taken at 2:57pm 8/4/2020 near our front door. We live about two and a half miles from “downtown” Albany. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
David Gonzalez
Location: Iron River
At our home. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Suzanne Cheadle
Location: Mount Horeb
on white clover in our yard |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Vicki Depies
Location: Backyard; Random Lake, Wis.
Two seen on one of our butterfly bushes this morning. Have seen them in past years, also. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Peter and Charlotte Silvers
Location: Olbrich Gardens
65 deg., sunny |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Dan Abel
Location: Fire lane road,spread-eagle Barrens ,town of commonwealth
About 80 total Frittilaries in the open Barrens |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Bark River Nature Park
mostly sunny, mid 60s |
★ = New county photo record |
Aug 4 2020 |
Dyan Pasono
Location: ixonia backyard
Giant Swallowtail sighting in my backyard. taking nectar from zinnias. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
partly sunny, 70s, breezy |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Terry Mortier
Location: Buffalo Skull Tract, Standing Cedars SNA
Late morning, partly cloudy, cool, short walk along along rd. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Terry Mortier
Location: Stops on HWY O and Stolte Rd., Fish Lake SWA
Early afternoon, partly cloudy ,cool |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Terry Mortier
Location: Crex Meadows
Late afternoon, cool, partly cloudy. Blazing star starting to bloom. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Dave Smith Sr
Location: Oak Creek
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Aug 4 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Just south of Z and Country Club Rd
Incidental while gardening. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: Walking Iron County Park
Late morning walk on open trails in southern portion of park. Partly sunny, 65 degrees. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Walking Iron Wildlife Area
sunny, warm day with mild wind. Lots of sulphurs and blues. |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Mazomanie Unit, Dog Training Area
2:00-4:15pm, warm, slightly windy, lots of mosquitos! Silver-spotted Skippers were everywhere |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Curt Dahl
Location: Deerfield in my backyard
Sunny and 75 degrees |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: Prairie area and along trails at Amundson Park in Stoughton
Partly sunny, windy, 70 degree afternoon |
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Aug 4 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Lake Park
On a sunny pleasant afternoon, made a tour of every rain garden, flower bed, and butterfly garden. Took about 3 hours. |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Larsen Prairie SNA
Incidental while removing invasive plants |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Sean Rahn
Location: Meenon Township
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Aug 5 2020 |
Ann Awnee
Location: First Street, Kewaunee city
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Aug 5 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Chiwaukee Prairie SNA
Partly cloudy, temps in the high 70s. |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Jim Kabrhel
Location: West of the Lake Gardens
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Aug 5 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Sauk Prairie Canoe Launch
Looking mainly for robber flies but only found one, Protacanthus milbertii, my first of the year. |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Diane Pellowe
Location: Indian Lake Recreation Area Dog Park
Spotted three Giant Swallowtails in an area of high purple clover |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy SNA
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Aug 5 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Gotham Jack Pine Barrens SNA
More mosquitoes than butterflies but I for the first time I saw a Giant Swallowtail laying eggs on its Wisconsin host plant Prickly Ash. |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Kimberly King
Location: SW Madison front yard
On coneflowers as I was leaving for work at 9 this morning. |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Amy Chamberlin
Location: Moely Prairie, Prairie du Sac
Cabbage Whites are out in force this week! Also my first Robber Fly I’ve captured by photo on the prairie! |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Devils lake State Park- Burma Rd area
70s, mostly cloudy, light breeze |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Cassel Rd Grassland
70s, mostly sunny, slight breeze |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Smith-Reiner Drumlin Prairie
Low 70s and breezy. |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Karen Marsh
Location: Lake Geneva
On our deck |
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Aug 5 2020 |
Halley
Location: Lincoln Park
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Aug 5 2020 |
Pam Walker
Location: Near Green Lake
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Aug 5 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Wild Ones Flower Beds
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Aug 6 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Muralt Bluff Prairie, Prairie Enthusiast Reserve near Albany
78 mostly sunny. Walked flowering prairie areas mostly. Saw 2 female Black Eastern Swallowtails. Bonus finds were a Bush Katydid and a Yellow garden Spider with a Spotted Skipper trapped in its web. |
★ = New county photo record |
Aug 6 2020 |
Maren Diamon
Location: Auroraville
The Giant Swallowtail is being seen daily. |
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Aug 6 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Spring Green Preserve State Natral Area
Was hot and dry, there were 2 singing Grasshopper Sparrows at the first turn in the trail after the information kiosk. One was nice enough to sing from the dead branches of a bush. Also saw a Lark Sparrow in the oaks just east of where the Grasshopper Sparrows were signing. |
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Aug 6 2020 |
AVOCA NABA BUTTERFLY COUNT
Location: Lower Wisconsin Riverway
14th Annual NABA Count. 79 degrees and sunny -- until about 2 pm when it clouded up. 6 observers from the Southern Wis. Butterfly Association found 444 individuals of 25 species. (Number of individuals was 2nd highest in more than a decade. Species about average.) The following species had record density: Silver-spotted Skipper (36), Clouded Sulphur (123), Cabbage White (25) and Monarch (58)! Two Sleepy Oranges were mating (photo Mike Reese). Thanks to counters Douglas Buege, Karl and Dorothy Legler, Mike Reese, Fred Dyke and Dave Hogg. |
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Aug 6 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie
I didn't keep count of sulphurs or silver-spotted skippers but there were many flitting about. |
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Aug 6 2020 |
Karen McCulloch
Location: City of Whitewater
I have a large, mixed woods backyard, with open areas, too. I saw this Giant Swallowtail flitting about (unmistakable with the flashy, yellow underside) around 6pm, and when it rested on a dogwood, I took the opportunity to snap a few photos. My first sighting! I'm so honored this magnificent creature took refuge in my backyard! |
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Aug 6 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: My house in Whitefish Bay
Sunny and mild. I was especially thrilled to see a Compton Tortoiseshell in my own driveway. Unfortunately most of my photos were blurry. |
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Aug 6 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Kettle Moraine on Ice Age Trail
First Compton Tortoiseshell of my life and in Washington County - quite a surprise. As were all the Giant Swallowtails and a series of pictures of a rusty patch bumblebee (yet to be confirmed) |
★ = New county photo record |
Aug 6 2020 |
Ryan Brady
Location: My house west of Washburn
Surprise Sachem! |
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Aug 6 2020 |
Peter and Charlotte Silvers
Location: High Cliff State Park
Upper 70's, sunny, calm |
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Aug 6 2020 |
David Wittrock
Location: Powell Marsh NE
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★ = New county photo record |
Aug 6 2020 |
Bill Fowler
Location: Somers
feeding next to flowers by back door |
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Aug 6 2020 |
Brian Delfosse
Location: Mukwanago
Beautiful Giant Swallowtail visited my garden today! |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: UW Arboretum - Grady Tract
This was mostly a robber fly trip. I saw two that were new to the arboretum for me. One of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtails was a black form female. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Babette Kis
Location: Barnes Prairie
Two common wood nymphs, by the hedgerow at the prairie. |
★ = New county photo record |
Aug 7 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Grasslands northwest of Clam Lake
Mostly sunny, 80 degrees F. Today we only surveyed grassland patches for Common Branded Skippers, not any roadsides. We found 22% fewer Common Branded Skippers today as on July 23 when we found 67 in the same patches (+13 on roads that day). Although we expected to find fewer today because of the advanced local phenology seen July 23, the skipper numbers held on more strongly than we thought they would. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Shea Prairie
Breezy. Hoping for a Regal Fritillary but got a lifer Meadow Fritillary instead. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Yellowstone Wildlife Area
warm day, sunny and breezy, walked 5.5 miles along prairie corridor and then down into the woods and through the valley back to English Hollow Rd. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Joan Braune
Location: Olbrich Gardens - Madison
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Aug 7 2020 |
Darleen Horman
Location: My yard in Allenton
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Aug 7 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Lincoln Park
Just about an hour walk on a mild sunny morning |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Maggie Piekarski
Location: Columbus/ rural/ private yard
have never seen one before. what a treat to see such a beauty! |
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Aug 7 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Washington Park (Urban Ecology Center)
Sunny, low 80s. Not many butterflies, but quite a few dragonflies such as Black Saddlebags. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Schurch-Thompson Prairie
Windy and warm. There were many yellow sulphurs puddling on the driveway. This was my first visit to this huge property. I did a circle walk around the wildflowers. Met the Murrays who said they had found 6 Regal Fritillaries, but unfortunately did not got to see any...I'll be back! |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: My yard in the Village of Cross Plains, WI.
Mostly sunny, 78 degrees, breezy. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Dave Hogg
Location: Yahara Heights Prairie
Partridge pea but no Little Yellows today! |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Richard André Rivard
Location: Erin Prairie Township, St. Croix Co. WI
140th Avenue |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: Festge County Park, Cross Plains, WI
Mostly sunny, 80 degrees, Breezy. 11:45 AM. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Olbrich Gardens, Madison
Spent 1.5 hrs walking around. They decided to run sprinklers all over. Was hoping to find a Pipevine Swallowtail but failed. Snowberry Clearwing Moth was active in Beebalm. 82 mostly sunny |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Douglas County Wildlife Area
Surveyed 4 spots. 10% sun, 68-74 degrees F. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Barrens south of Brule
Surveyed 4 patches. 25% sun, 74-80 degrees F. The Wood Nymph count of 100 is exact, not an estimate. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Dennis Higgins
Location: Ashwaubenon back yard
Bright sunny afternoon. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
Sunny |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Barrens north of Ino
Surveyed 3 areas along Forest Road 236 north of Ino and south of Bayfield County Hwy C. Cloudy, 78-80 degrees F. We rarely see Striped Hairstreaks on this late a date. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Four Bogs and their roadsides
25% sun, 70-77 degrees F. Surveyed the same 4 bogs and bog roadsides as on July 23 hoping to see a Purplish Fritillary: Bear Lake, North Bear, Milchesky 1.15, and Lyman Lake. In >20 years of surveying for the species 2 times a year, the last 8 years are our lowest through 8th lowest years for Purplish Fritillaries---all peak counts from years up through 2012 are higher than every year 2013-2020. |
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Aug 7 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: Along the Yahara River Trail by Amundson Park in Stoughton
Breezy sunny 80 degree afternoon. |
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Aug 8 2020 |
Joan Braune and Tod Highsmith
Location: Madison - our yard
Hackberry emperor was hanging out on our third floor window. |
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Aug 8 2020 |
Thomas J Hickey
Location: my Monarch Waystation at my home in Milwaukee
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Aug 8 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: In and around my yard in the Village of Cross Plains, WI
Low 80's, sunny and breezy. |
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Aug 8 2020 |
Corey Olson
Location: Private land on Cherry Rd
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Aug 8 2020 |
Peter and Charlotte Silvers
Location: St. John's/Liberty Park in downtown Delafield
86 deg., sunny |
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Aug 8 2020 |
Jeremy Meyer
Location: Horicon NWR (Dike Rd)
Tiger swallowtail was a black form. Broad-winged Skippers were abundant on the milkweed patches. I stopped counting at 30, plus it was very windy and hard to watch them fly around. I also found 2 Monarch caterpillars on the swamp milkweed. |
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Aug 8 2020 |
Mara Dolin
Location: Cazenovia
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Aug 8 2020 |
Mary Brockert
Location: Madison
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Aug 8 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Uihlein Park
Mild, breezy, and sunny. |
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Aug 8 2020 |
Mary Coleman
Location: Town of Lisbon
I've seen several of these in my yard, enjoying coral bell flower and echinacea nectar. |
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Aug 8 2020 |
Mary Coleman
Location: Town of Lisbon
Two monarch caterpillars and eggs on milkweed in my garden. |
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Aug 8 2020 |
Jenny Loveless
Location: Wheatland in my personal garden
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Aug 9 2020 |
Rose Tiegs
Location: Oneida Home
The Giant Swallowtail is a first sighting for me in my yard , I keep looking hopefully to get a photo. One of the Tiger swallowtails was a female in black form. |
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Aug 9 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
Sunny |
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Aug 9 2020 |
Terry Mortier
Location: Crex Meadows
Hot muggy and cloudy afternoon. The blazing star is blooming. |
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Aug 9 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Avoca Prairie and Savanna SNA
Overcast and windy at times, sunny and not so windy at times. Temps in the 70s. |
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Aug 9 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Schurch-Thompson Prairie
Walked the circuit at the end of the driveway, and had good luck in the path overgrown with bee balm and other prairie plantings near the entrance
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Aug 9 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Oshkosh Larsen Prairie
Incidental while biking the Wiouwash Trail |
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Aug 9 2020 |
Douglas Buege
Location: Farm on Star Lake Rd
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Aug 9 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Barneveld Prairie
Cloudy and humid.
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Aug 9 2020 |
Dee Nordgren
Location: back garden
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Aug 9 2020 |
Amy Chamberlin
Location: Moely Prairie, Prairie du Sac
I'm not sure if the one photo is a Summer 'Spring' Azure or a well worn Eastern-tailed Blue. Please correct me if I'm wrong. |
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Aug 9 2020 |
Mary Roen
Location: 805 Gover Road, River Falls, WI
These Cabbage Whites were mating in my vegetable garden.
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Aug 10 2020 |
Mary Coleman
Location: Town of Lisbon
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Aug 10 2020 |
Jill Mertens
Location: City of Manitowoc
In an aster in my yard. |
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Aug 10 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Three Bridges Park and Mitchell Park
warm, sunny, sumid |
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Aug 10 2020 |
Jay Watson
Location: End of Vista Dr. Porterfield
submitting for my sister, Marne who sent me the photo. |
★ = New county photo record |
Aug 10 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Rettenmund Prairie, Black Earth
Very humid |
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Aug 10 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy
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Aug 10 2020 |
Karen Grochowski
Location: residental yard, west side of Madison near Maple Prairie Park
This is the first time I've seen this butterfly. |
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Aug 10 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
Partly cloudy |
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Aug 10 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Neenah High School Woods
The woods did not yield anything but the prairie remnant had quite a number of different species |
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Aug 10 2020 |
Mike Helf
Location: Oshkosh from an open field near Mercy Medical Center
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Aug 10 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Muralt Bluff Prairie SNA
The Silver-spotted Skippers must have been mating, they covered the prairie and were chasing off any other flying creatures! Several would chase each other in an upward spiral and then break apart and one would fly off to the trees on the edge of the field. The Common Wood-Nymphs were very plentiful in the grasses. (I stopped counting both the Wood-nymphs and the Silver-spotted Skippers so these are estimates) |
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Aug 10 2020 |
Babette Kis
Location: Barnes Prairie
Sunny, upper 80sF, 2:24 PM. Several Peck's Skippers on plants between roadside and prairie. |
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Aug 10 2020 |
K. Java
Location: Crex Meadows SWA
I just did a count on a place I call Butterfly Corner where James Rd meets Reed Lake Rd. I just walked a half block in both directions. Many Viceroys and White Admirals seen along the route but none at this location. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Dave Hogg
Location: Yahara Heights Prairie
Saw several “small” clouded? sulphurs, possibly little yellows, but flying too fast and erratically to positively id. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie SNA
hot and clear day with little wind, lots of mating activity going on. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy SNA
most of the butterflies were in the prairie areas and the wet meadow, very few were in the oak savanna |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Various stops in the Lower Wisconsin Riverway.
79 degrees, sunny, calm. Thunderstorms the night before. 19 species. Note the aberrant Eastern Tailed-Blue! |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: West of the Lake Gardens, Manitowoc
This was the first time I have ever seen clearwing moths mating in the 20+ years I have been photographing them, but to see one nectaring at the same time was amazing. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Mariners Trail, Manitowoc to Two Rivers
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Aug 11 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: Half Way Prairie Wildlife Area, Cross Plains, WI
Sunny, 80 degrees. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Mary Coleman
Location: Town of Lisbon
This one is rather banged up, but still enjoying a coral bell flower, and sharing with a bee. ;) |
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Aug 11 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Avoca NA
Sunny and clear, temps in the mid-80s, very pleasant. Lifers were Sleepy Orange and Hackberry Emperor. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Wyalusing State Park
Clear and sunny, temps in low 80s, very pleasant. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtails seen include two very tattered dark forms. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Pamela Skaar
Location: Grassy Lake/Hook Lake SNA, Stoughton, WI
Did not make it all the way to the bog. Spent 95 minutes and walked 1.53 miles exploring the various DNR properties in the area. Question Marks were nectaring on Compass Plant. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Bill and Ginny Nelson
Location: Walking Iron County Park
At least one member of each of six species was found in the small gravel parking lot. We saw two of the species only in the parking lot. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Horicon - East Side
Bird/Butterfly Trip. Saw a least bittern and a whooping crane with a baby! First one fledged at this location according to the park official that we reported it to. Pictures of an amber bumblebee. Plus all the butterflies |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Pamela Skaar
Location: Yahara Heights wooded area, Waunakee, WI
The birds were very active from 8:37 - 10:00 due to wet vegetation and cooler temperatures. Didn't see that many butterflies on a 1.48 mi walk. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Dave Hogg
Location: Lawton Ct in Waunakee, my butterfly garden
Of the 7 Monarchs seen, 3 were reared in captivity and released in the morning. |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Ledge Rd
sunny, slight breeze, 80s |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Dike Rd
Sunny, 80s, slight breeze |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Northern Rd
80s, sunny, slight breeze |
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Aug 11 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: My garden in Whitefish Bay
Mild and sunny and about 3 pm |
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Aug 12 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Rocky Run Oak Savanna
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Aug 12 2020 |
Wayne Johnson
Location: in the side woods
a bit battered but so huge!
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Aug 12 2020 |
Joe Krieg
Location: Crex Meadow Wildlife Area
Taken on a cloudy, soon to be rainy morning at Crex Meadows? |
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Aug 12 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: My backyard flower gardens in Stoughton
Sunny, breezy, 80 degree day. Butterflies on the move, not staying long enough for photos except for a pretty worn and tattered Red-spotted Purple. |
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Aug 12 2020 |
Peter and Charlotte Silvers
Location: Indian Lake County Park
Plus one unknown skipper. 80 deg., sunny, calm |
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Aug 12 2020 |
Joan Vennie
Location: Various country roads NW Dane Cty
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Aug 12 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Cherokee Marsh North unit
70s, sunny, calm |
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Aug 12 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
Sunny, calm |
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Aug 12 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: My yard in Village of Cross Plains, WI
Sunny, light breeze, 82 degrees. 3 PM. |
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Aug 12 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Schurch-Thomson Prairie
Not to be confused with Thompson Prairie in Dane Co. Sunny day in low 80s. Walked prairie behind the barn and across the road. Clouded Sulphur were plentiful in the clover fields. Several "white form" Clouded in the mix |
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Aug 12 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Just South of Z and Country Club Road
Incidental while gardening |
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Aug 12 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: Prairie area and along trail at Amundson Park in Stoughton
Sunny 80 degree afternoon. Also saw quite a few goldfinches, a cardinal, an osprey flying from it's nest on the river, and a blue heron offshore. |
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Aug 12 2020 |
April Stanke
Location: Mequon Nature Preserve
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Aug 12 2020 |
Nancy Preder
Location: St. Cloud
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Aug 12 2020 |
April Stanke
Location: Swan Road Prairie in Mequon
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Aug 13 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: UW Ag Display Gardens, west Mineral Pt Rd. Madison
Lots of blooming flowers planted in plots. Best flowers were the varieties of Lantana for butterflies. So many Silver-spotted Skippers. Sunny, low 80s, late aft. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
K. Java
Location: Crex Meadows SWA
I just did a count at the intersection of Abel Rd and Main Dike Rd. It's a low area and all butterflies were puddling. It's one of my stops after it rains. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Port Washington, Coal Dock Park
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Aug 13 2020 |
Beth Stetenfeld
Location: Whitewater
Quick hike through a section of the Whitewater Nature Preserve. Mid-morning, sunny, warm day. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Tod Highsmith and Joan Braune
Location: Yahara Heights County Park, Waunakee
From about noon to 2:30. The Little Yellows were found along a stretch where Partridge Pea lines the path. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Jill Mertens
Location: Back yard
77 degrees and calm. Sitting in an aster. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: My backyard in Stoughton
Sunny and 85 degrees. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Marcie O'Connor
Location: Prairie Haven
outside our front door, nectaring on Hoary Vervain |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Sandra Halbur
Location: South of Mt Calvary
Red-spotted Purple visiting my butterfly bush; also came back on Aug 19, 2020 |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Jay Watson
Location: Tuscobia State Trail Parking area (Ice Age Trail)/Wild Rivers Trail
83F, partly sunny, calm |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Gordon Creek
These are 2 fishing access spots on Gordon Creek. I saw both of the adult Bald Eagles that nest on Gordon Creek. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Rich Kahl & Laurie Yahr
Location: Kalscheur Oak Savanna - TPE
Thank you, Thank you TPE!
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Aug 13 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Pope Farm Conservancy, west of Madison
Rode my bike there and checked the prairie by the lower parking lot. Sunny, low 80s. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Blue RIver Barrens SNA
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Aug 13 2020 |
Rose Tiegs
Location: Oneida home
Great day to sit in my yard . Never thought I would have Giant Swallowtails. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Rich Kahl & Laurie Yahr
Location: Mazo Oak Barrens SNA
Many more "blues" flitting about. No fritillaries, no crescents seen. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Wild Ones Prairie and Flower Beds
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Aug 13 2020 |
Babette Kis
Location: Barnes Prairie
Sunny, 11:44 AM, low 80s F. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus, dark form. |
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Aug 13 2020 |
Kate Redmond
Location: Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
I walked the east and west prairie loops on a beatiful, late afternoon, sunny and calm. One tandem pair of monarchs. I saw one dark morph female Tiger Swallowtail and watched a male Black Swallowtail harassing her. |
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Aug 14 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: Walking Iron County Park, Mazomanie, WI. Walked on trails on south end of park, near Black Earth Creek.
Sunny, 80 degrees, light wind. 11 AM - 1 PM. |
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Aug 14 2020 |
David Wittrock
Location: Buena Vista Grasslands
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Aug 14 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Borah Creek Prairie
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★ = New county photo record |
Aug 14 2020 |
Diane Pellowe
Location: Peck’s Farm Market, Just west of Arena
This Giant Swallowtail was floating around enjoying the flowers on offer at Peck’s. |
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Aug 14 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Vernon Wildlife Area
Walked from the parking lot to the drain on the berm, about 2 miles round trip |
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Aug 14 2020 |
Babette Kis
Location: Barnes Prairie
Upper 80s F partly cloudy, late afternoon. Both Monarch were male. Also Two hummingbird clear wing moths on Monarda fistulosa. |
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Aug 14 2020 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Spots from Millville Unit of Lower Wis Riverway to Wylusing St Pk, then to Cassville.
Another perfect day: 85 degrees, sunny, and fairly calm. 21 species. Dorothy took photos of Question Mark and Common Buckeye. |
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Aug 14 2020 |
Amanda Parrish
Location: Steward Lake County Park
Sunny and breezy, most of the diversity was in the wet meadow near the beginning of the trail. |
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Aug 14 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Leola Grassland
85-91 degrees F, sunny. We walked 5/8 mile in the grassland and each a different mile of road edge primarily to check on the Purplish Copper flight. |
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Aug 14 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Buena Vista Grassland
74-89 degrees F, sunny. We walked 6 miles to survey 9 grassland patches and 1.5 miles in 2 barrens patches to check for Leonard's Skippers and late Regal Fritillaries. We saw 10 male, 2 female, and 2 unknown gender Regal Fritillaries in 6 of the grassland patches. A fresh wing condition Coral Hairstreak in the southwestern most 40 acres of the site on west Oak Street was among dwarf cherry trees like we see with the late flying cohort of Coral Hairstreaks in northern Wisconsin. The Little Yellow is the only one we've seen in 2020. |
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Aug 14 2020 |
Emily Hjalmarson
Location: Snake Trail Road and FR196 northwest of Clam Lake
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Aug 14 2020 |
Milwaukee County Parks Natural Areas Staff
Location: Bender Park
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Aug 15 2020 |
K. Java
Location: Fish Lake SWA
I just did a count on the one block I walked on Southwest Dike Trail north of County Rd O because I was excited to see my very first Fiery Skipper. Painted Ladies are just starting to show up in this area. |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: My backyard flower garden in Stoughton.
Windy 73 degree afternoon. |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Janice Hatt
Location: Franklin Township
Perched on rock along spring-fed creek, Tainter Rd, Franklin Township, Vernon County, WI |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Public Lands on Cty E East Parking Area
Cool day after some rain showers. |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Kyle Schumacher
Location: Gibbs Lake County Park
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Aug 15 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: private lands along the Embarrass River
Surprised to see 16 Painted Ladies! |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Emily Hjalmarson
Location: Wisconsin Point area
Coral Hairstreak was seen near the third parking area |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Schurch-Thomson Prairie
Sunny, 80s, slight breeze |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Jeannie van Vianen
Location: UW Agricultural Display Gardens
Very sunny and windy after morning rain. Many Silver-spotted Skippers throughout, especially on the lantana, which was also where we saw the Peck's and possible Fiery Skipper (very blurry photo). Also saw a Chickweed Geometer moth. |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: Festge County Park, Cross Plains, WI.
Partly sunny and windy. 77 degrees. 2:30 - 3:15 PM. |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Jenny Loveless
Location: My home garden, Wheatland, WI
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Aug 15 2020 |
Jill Mertens
Location: City of Manitowoc
Cloudy and slight breeze. Found in my aster plant |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Alicia Lee
Location: Village of Cross Plains in my yard
My phlox has been quite popular lately, I saw a hummingbird moth this week too! |
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Aug 15 2020 |
Terry Heer
Location: Clam Lake Siren,
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Aug 15 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: My House in Bay View
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Aug 16 2020 |
Mary Coleman
Location: Town of Lisbon
This one was enjoying a flower, but probably also enjoys the abundant Prickly Ash in our woodsy yard. |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Barb Deering
Location: Plymouth WI, my yard
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Aug 16 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
sunny, around 80, slight breeze |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Amy Chamberlin
Location: Moely Prairie, Prairie du Sac
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Aug 16 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: DNR lands south of Coloma along Chafee Creek
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Aug 16 2020 |
Dee Nordgren
Location: home flower gardens
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - first sighting of dark form females |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Jenn Eckert
Location: New Berlin Historical Site
Seen while exploring the historical site with our two year old, who walked right up to it and "pet" it, at which time it climbed onto her hand. |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Joan Rickert
Location: Price County on county line rd near Cooper Dam camp grounds.
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Aug 16 2020 |
Kyle Schumacher
Location: Grass Lake SWA
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Aug 16 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Wiouwash Trail
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Aug 16 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Lake Park
Too many Fiery Skippers, Peck's Skippers, Silver-spotted Skippers, and Cabbage Whites to count; just estimated. |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Autumn Stargardt
Location: Marshfield, Duffer’s Delight Golf Range
I thought it was so pretty and couldn’t resist taking a photo or two! |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Barrens along County Highway X
Leonard's Skipper (all 4 were of unknown gender)monitoring at 4 sites. The Karner Blues were males. |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Rich Kahl & Laurie Yahr
Location: Smith-Reiner Drumlin Prairie SNA
Probably several hundred SP Skippers; mostly on the many hundreds Liatris (mostly cylindracea).
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Aug 16 2020 |
Babette Kis
Location: Barnes Prairie
Warm and sunny afternoon, mid 80's F. Two dark form Eastern Tiger Swallowtails. |
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Aug 16 2020 |
David Wittrock
Location: 2 miles east of Wisconsin Rapids
in a large yard bordered by woodland. |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Pamela Skaar
Location: Yahara Park Place neighborhood east of Williamson
13:16 - 14:03, 1.16 miles while birding and walking my dog. |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: Mill Pond Park Memory Garden in Stoughton
Sunny 80 degree afternoon. Saw two Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, one flying and the other nectaring while constantly fluttering it's wings. As you can see in the photo, it was pretty tattered missing large portions of it's wings. |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Peter and Charlotte Silvers
Location: Lake Farm Park
Tiger Swallowtails include one dark female |
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Aug 16 2020 |
Don and Lois Hensiak
Location: Field Drive in Muskego
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Aug 16 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Barrens between Millston and Black River Falls
Leonard's Skipper monitoring at Dike 17 (0 seen), Stanton Creek Road (0), 6 areas and numerous units in the Bauer-Brockway area (21 seen), and 5 units near the jct. of Cemetery Road and Lichtner Rd. (16 seen). We saw 7 male, 8 female, and 22 unknown gender Leonard's Skippers. Three fresh wing condition male Karner Blues but more worn females suggests the start of a partial 3rd brood. We got thorough views above and below of the Little Glassywing. |
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Aug 17 2020 |
Scott Swengel
Location: Barrens in and near Mirror Lake State Park
Leonard's Skipper monitoring at 4 sites in the park and one nearby. Two of the sites appeared well pre-peak for Rough Blazingstar flowers and Leonard's Skippers. 23 of the 30 (9 males, 4 females, 17 unknown) Leonard's Skippers were in a site called Dan's Triangle that we began surveying in May 2018. This spot was recommended to us by Dan Sonnenberg, who found it using aerial imagery. |
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Aug 17 2020 |
Don and Lois Hensiak
Location: Muskego
In the butterfly garden |
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Aug 17 2020 |
Dee Nordgren
Location: house garden
At this point last year, the tithonia would be covered in Monarchs. I walked out one morning and was pleasantly surprised to find all of four Monarchs! |
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Aug 17 2020 |
Mary Coleman
Location: Grafton
It hung out in the shade for a minute and flew away. |
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Aug 17 2020 |
Joel Trick
Location: Molash Creek at Viceroy Road
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★ = New county photo record |
Aug 17 2020 |
Mary Roen
Location: Kelly Creek Preserve, River Falls, WI
I walked this 70 acre prairie and found 9 species of butterflies. It was a sunny day in the 70s with a moderate wind. |
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Aug 17 2020 |
Kate Redmond
Location: Waubedonia Park
Fiery skippers on vervain and arrowhead flowers. A spectacular, recently-emerged mayfly. |
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Aug 17 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
Sunny |
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Aug 17 2020 |
K. Java
Location: Burnett County Forest - Klotz Rd
Pretty windy today so I butterflied a road that had woods behind it to block the wind. Klotz Rd divides the Burnett County Forest from Crex Meadows SWA so woods are one one side of the road and prairie on the other. Rough Blazing Star was abundant on both sides of the road. The Red Admiral was the first one I've seen in this area this year. |
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Aug 17 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy
Walked out to the boardwalk and then back along the road. Also walked on the north side and a little ways up the hill. The Eastern-tailed blues were puddling and there was an abundance of tiger swallowtails. |
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Aug 17 2020 |
Emily Hjalmarson
Location: Manitowish Snowmobile Trail near Mercer
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★ = New county photo record |
Aug 17 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie, Black Earth, WI
Sunny, 78 degrees. 11:30 AM. |
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Aug 18 2020 |
Darleen Horman
Location: Yard in Allenton
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Aug 18 2020 |
Peter and Charlotte Silvers
Location: Backyard, Lake Mills
Sunny, upper 70's |
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Aug 18 2020 |
Dee Nordgren
Location: flowerbed
Five Painted Ladies all on one butterfly bush. |
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Aug 18 2020 |
Kay Miller
Location: Praag backyard
Saw this beauty sipping on a thistle weed by our chicken pen. |
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Aug 18 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Pleasant Valley Conservancy SNA
Just the woodland side. Mostly scouting for robber flies. This is the second year that I have seen Efferia pogonias at this site. So far, this insect has only been recorded from Dane County. |
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Aug 18 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: LowerWisconsin Riverway Cassel Rd
Sunny, 70s, slight breeze |
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Aug 18 2020 |
Rich Kahl & Laurie Yahr
Location: Westport Drumlin Prairie (Empire Prairies SNA)
No fritillaries again.
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Aug 18 2020 |
Jill Mertens
Location: City of Manitowoc
I saw these 2 Painted ladies in my backyard. They finally stayed still long enough for me to snap a quick picture. |
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Aug 18 2020 |
Pam Campbell
Location: Dunnville Barrens
Just a quick stop to look for Leonard's Skippers. |
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Aug 18 2020 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Yellowstone State Park and Wildlife Area
77 degrees, mostly sunny, fairly calm. 22 species. The black female Tiger Swallowtail shows the tell-tale tiger stripes on the underside of the hindwing.
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Aug 18 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: My garden in Whitefish Bay
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Aug 18 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Yellowstone State Park
Mainly prairie areas along the road and trails. |
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Aug 19 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Smith-Reiner Prairie
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Aug 19 2020 |
Sandra Halbur
Location: South of Mt Calvary, Town of Forest
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on a butterfly bush in my yard. To ID this fast-moving butterfly I used the movie function. |
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Aug 19 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie SNA
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Aug 19 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Sure are a lot of Fiery Skippers this year. |
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Aug 19 2020 |
Thomas J Hickey
Location: Monarch Way Station at my home in Milwaukee
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Aug 19 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: In the fields near our cabin in Winter
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Aug 19 2020 |
Dave Hogg
Location: Lawton Ct in Waunakee, my butterfly garden
6 Monarchs in photo, nectaring on meadow blazing star no |
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Aug 19 2020 |
Ann Thering
Location: My butterfly garden
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Aug 19 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Dorothy Carnes Co. Park, Fort Atkinson
Walked around the prairie edge. Sunny, 80 fairly calm. |
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Aug 19 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Bulbolz Nature Preserve
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Aug 19 2020 |
Jennifer Mabry
Location: Butterfly garden in Sheboygan Falls
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Aug 19 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: UW Arboretum Curtis Prairie
Sunny, 70s, slight breeze |
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Aug 19 2020 |
Jim Kabrhel
Location: Manitowoc
Resting on window screen. |
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Aug 19 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Hickory Hill Conservancy Park
I was searching for the rare robber fly Dasylechia atrox that Jeff Gruber found here in 2017 and 2019. I finally found my own, but it was more than 20 feet up in the tree and despite watching it for 25 minutes it never came down far enough to get a decent photo. |
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Aug 20 2020 |
Dee Nordgren
Location: backyard garden
Could not get the Easter Tiger Swallowtail to pose in the picture as well! |
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Aug 20 2020 |
April Stanke
Location: Lion's Den Gorge in Grafton
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Aug 20 2020 |
Ann Thering
Location: My butterfly garden
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Aug 20 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Buena Vista Grasslands
Mostly sunny, temps in low 80s, low humidity. |
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Aug 20 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Lake Park
Observations were more casual because this was a walk with a friend rather than an all out search for butterflies. I had to keep apologizing for interrupting our conversation because a flutterby, fluttered by. Like "oh look! that Orange Sulphur is really bright orange!" I'll be lucky if she ever talks to me again. |
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Aug 20 2020 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Avon Bottoms State Wildlife Area
79 degrees and mostly sunny. 16 species. Highlight was Little Yellow and Variegated Fritillary. Pretty dry. Many butterflies are very worn. We enjoyed seeing 2 Wandering Gliders (dragonflies). |
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Aug 20 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Viking County Park near Stoughton
Parked at the Hwy B lot and walked south along the bike path. Most butterflies were close to the lot where I parked. Sunny and 75, light breeze. 45 minute walk |
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Aug 20 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: Along our trials by our cabin in Winter
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Aug 20 2020 |
Jackie Barndt
Location: Grand Chute,
My backyard. |
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Aug 21 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: My garden in Whitefish Bay
Black Female Tiger Swallowtail |
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Aug 21 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Leola Grassland
We walked 1.3 miles in the grassland and separately 1/2 different miles of ditches to look mainly for Purplish and Bronze Coppers. Today's Milbert's Tortoiseshell is the only one we've seen this year. |
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Aug 21 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waterloo Prairie
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Aug 21 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Buena Vista Grassland
We walked 5+ miles in the grassland and separately 1/2 different miles of ditches to look mainly for Purplish and Bronze Coppers, and Leonard's Skippers. |
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Aug 21 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Garman Nature Reserve
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Aug 21 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Faville Grove
80 degrees |
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Aug 21 2020 |
Amy Chamberlin
Location: Moely Prairie
It was only 64 degrees and cloudy when I started my count. Numbers increased as the morning went on, the sun came out and the temps warmed. |
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Aug 21 2020 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Blue River Sand Barrens
84 degrees, sunny. Walked 1 1/2 miles. 15 butterflies of 9 species. We found virtually no liatris. |
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Aug 21 2020 |
Dee Nordgren
Location: flower bed
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Aug 21 2020 |
Dave Ludwig
Location: Fall Creek
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★ = New county photo record |
Aug 21 2020 |
Maggie Moran
Location: Greendale
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Aug 21 2020 |
Jill Mertens
Location: City of Manitowoc
So excited to see this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in my backyard! First time! |
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Aug 22 2020 |
Kyle Schumacher
Location: Walmart in Ashland
Landed near me, flew away before I could get my camera |
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Aug 22 2020 |
Jennifer Johnson
Location: City of Waukesha, Sandra Ln
Saw the Painted Lady butterfly land on a neighbor's Zinnia when I captured the picture around 12:45pm CST. |
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Aug 22 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Buena Vista Grasslands
Partly sunny, temps in the 80s |
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Aug 22 2020 |
Richard Ouren
Location: Nahley Road
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Aug 22 2020 |
Terry Mortier
Location: Fish Lake SWA
Hot muggy late afternoon. Stolte Rd. |
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Aug 22 2020 |
Kate Redmond
Location: Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
I walked the Prairie trail and the Clubhouse Loop. Warm and breezy. One Peck's Skipper appeared to be ovipositing on Liatris, but their host plant is grass. |
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Aug 22 2020 |
Terry Mortier
Location: Crex Meadows
Hot muggy early afternoon. Quit counting sulphurs , Monarchs, and painted ladies. |
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Aug 22 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Horicon Marsh (Auto Tour)
Sunny, temps in 80s, rather humid. |
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Aug 22 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Estabrook Park
More Cabbage Whites than I could count. Highlight was having a Red-spotted Purple land on my camera and hand while I was photographing it. |
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Aug 23 2020 |
Donna M Williams-Richter
Location: Field and yard on Muscallounge Road near Beetown
Very sunny with temperatures in upper 80's. The Silver-spotted Skipper seemed to be in abundance. |
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Aug 23 2020 |
Ryan Brady
Location: FR204 southwest of Clam Lake
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★ = New county photo record |
Aug 23 2020 |
Scott and Ann Swengel
Location: Schoeneberg Marsh east of Arlington
Most of these butterflies are from the first 250-300 meters of north-south road/dike that is north of the road closure gate on Harvey Road. |
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Aug 23 2020 |
Susan Conrardy
Location: East De Pere suburban backyard
On my white garden phlox about 5 p.m. Saw a black swallowtail fluttering around my cone flowers August 24 but could not get a picture. |
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Aug 23 2020 |
Peter and Charlotte Silvers
Location: Faville Grove Sanctuary, Tillotson Prairie
80 deg., cloudless day, calm |
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Aug 23 2020 |
K. Java
Location: Fish Lake SWA - Stolte Rd
Very hot and humid but I spent over an hour walking about a 1 block area around the low spot on Stolte Rd looking for the Reakirt's that was seen yesterday. No luck. |
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Aug 23 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie, Black Earth, WI
Mostly sunny, 78 degrees, very light wind, humid. 9:30-11:30 AM. |
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Aug 23 2020 |
Paul Vassalotti
Location: Halfway Prairie Wildlife Area, Cross Plains, WI
3-4 PM. Sunny, 82 degrees. Very light breeze. |
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Aug 23 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Waukau Nature Preserve
Went out looking for a Milbert's Tortoiseshell. As a kid this was always a venue that would yield a few. Nothing today, or since we have moved back to Wisconsin. |
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Aug 23 2020 |
Dave Hogg
Location: Yahara Heights Prairie
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Aug 24 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: My backyard in Stoughton
Very hot and humid afternoon |
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Aug 24 2020 |
Dave Pausch
Location: East Madison
Found on Rough Blazingstar |
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Aug 24 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
Sunny, 80s, slight breeze |
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Aug 24 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
warm, sunny, humid |
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Aug 24 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Nojoshing Trail (WE Energies Grassland)
Partly cloudy, temps in the high 80s, somewhat humid. |
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Aug 24 2020 |
Kate Redmond
Location: Riveredge Nature Center
I took a short walk on the prairie. |
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Aug 24 2020 |
Kim Lawler
Location: West edge of Spring Valley , Sw of Golf Course
Muggy, still, overcast by porch . Nectaring on Phlox |
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Aug 24 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Just south of Cty Z and Country Club Rd
Incidental while gardening and after my wife released her eleventh hatched monarch of the year |
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Aug 25 2020 |
Dave Pausch
Location: Rolling Meadows Neighborhood/East Madison
3 of the up to 6 regular Monarch visitors to our rain garden. |
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Aug 25 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Parkside School (Bay View)
Hot and humid |
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Aug 25 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Ohlbrich Garden
91F. Saw many species in "butterfly row" just outside the Visitors Center where purple verbena and butterfly bush predominate. |
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Aug 25 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: West of the Lake Gardens
A very conservative count on the Painted Ladies. |
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Aug 25 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Mariners Trail; Manitowoc to Two Rivers
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Aug 25 2020 |
Ruth Smith
Location: Schurch-Thompson Prairie
Walked from the barn down to the prairie circuit, about 1.5 miles. |
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Aug 25 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Oshkosh Larsen Prairie Trail
Incidental while removing Velvet Leaf from SNA. The buckeye was a very strange color variant. Very small but yet very dark. |
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Aug 25 2020 |
Donna M Williams-Richter
Location: Field and yard on Muscallounge Road near Beetown
Very sunny with temperatures in upper 80's. Very excited to catch a Pearl Crescent mating pair as well as the Silver-spotted Skipper with it's wings spread and three new to me species! |
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Aug 25 2020 |
Peter Hinow
Location: Bender Park
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Aug 25 2020 |
Dee Nordgren
Location: flowerbed
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Aug 25 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: My Home in Bay View
Hot and humid |
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Aug 25 2020 |
John McCaw
Location: Nojoshing Trail (WE Energies Grassland)
Hot and humid |
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Aug 26 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: My backyard flower garden in Stoughton
90 degrees, breezy, and very humid afternoon. It's been two weeks since I've seen Monarchs in my garden. Fun to see three all at the same time today. |
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Aug 26 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Horicon Dike Road
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Aug 26 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Military Ridge Bike Trail west of Verona.
Rode my bike out and covered about a 1.5 mile section watching for butterflies. Sunny, 75 degrees at start, 86 at end of ride. |
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Aug 26 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Goth Park, west of Madison on Old Sauk Rd.
Stopped for a break while biking late morning. Hot, 89 and sunny. Checked the prairie area near parking lot. 15 min. stop. |
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Aug 26 2020 |
K. Java
Location: Fish Lake SWA
Very hot, humid and windy today. Not ideal for butterflying so I only stopped at a few places. |
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Aug 27 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
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Aug 27 2020 |
Beth Stetenfeld
Location: Lake Farm County Park Prairie area
Hot at 9:30 a.m.: low 80s with a slight breeze. Prairie plants holding up despite weeks of heat with no measurable rain. Butterflies were prevalent along the edges of the prairie near the shade trees. |
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Aug 27 2020 |
John Klinger
Location: Castlemoor Dr, Janesville
Found at 8:50 am on my Zinnias. Sunny, warm, humid morning. |
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Aug 27 2020 |
Dee Nordgren
Location: Atop a Monarch cage
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Aug 27 2020 |
April Stanke
Location: Villa Grove Park
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Aug 27 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Horicon Marsh
Incidental while birdwatching on Old Marsh Road - East side |
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Aug 27 2020 |
Robert Bruss
Location: Town of Wausau 2 miles east of City of Wausau
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Aug 27 2020 |
John Klinger
Location: Castlemoor Dr, Janesville, WI
9:02am. Sunny morning. Found in lawn. |
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Aug 27 2020 |
Annette Homan
Location: backyard in Appleton
Black Swallowtail just flitting about. Perhaps attracted to my wildflowers in the back yard, |
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Aug 28 2020 |
Don and Lois Hensiak
Location: Muskego
Hard to get a picture of these sitting still! |
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Aug 28 2020 |
Mike Reese
Location: Rotary Botanical Gardens, Janesville
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Aug 28 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Bubolz Nature Preserve
Incidental while birdwatching |
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Aug 28 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: My backyard flower garden in Stoughton.
90 degree windy day. |
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Aug 28 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Waltham Park
mid 80s, mstly sunny, slight breeze |
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Aug 28 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Ice Age Trail Wildlife trail
mid 70s, mstly cloudy, slight breeze |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Ann Thering and Dave Eide
Location: Spring Green Preserve
9 am to 10:15 am, low 70s. Looking for Leonard's Skippers...didn't see any. Plentiful Rough Blazing Star. I did see two Virginia Big-headed Tiger Beetles....they are fast! |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Lakeshore State Park
The Eastern Tailed-Blue had lost his tail. |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Joan Braune and Tod Highsmith
Location: Nine Springs Sewage Lagoons
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Aug 29 2020 |
Paul Schilke
Location: Maribel area
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Aug 29 2020 |
Don and Lois Hensiak
Location: Field Drive Muskego
All of them in the butterfly garden. Second year for the butterfly bushes. |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Elizabeth Griffith
Location: Door Creek Orchard, Cottage Grove
First time seeing this species. Took me a bit to ID. |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Brian Looker
Location: Appleton, Circle St and Morrison St
Visiting the cone flowers and thyme in my front yard |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Sauk Prairie Recreation Area
Photo shows 6 male Orange Sulphurs puddling together. Many thistles. 11 species. |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Pam Skaar, Bill and Ginny Nelson
Location: Yahara Heights County Park
We were pleasantly surprised at the variety and numbers in spite of the wind. 1030-1200. One of the Clouded Sulphurs was the white form. |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Terry Mortier
Location: Crex Meadows
Cool, partly cloudy, Steady wind. Not very many butterflies flying. Purplish coppers were on Abel road. |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Just south of Cty Z and Country Club Rd
Incidental while gardening |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: Prairie area and trail at Amundson Park in Stoughton
Windy sunny, 70 degree afternoon. Along with seeing butterflies, we found Jack-in-the-pulpit growing along the trail, saw Sandhill Cranes near the prairie, and watched two Osprey soaring over the Yahara River. |
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Aug 29 2020 |
Mary Roen
Location: Kelly Creek Preserve, River Falls, WI
I walked this 70 acre prairie bordered by trees. It was 75 degrees, moderate wind, sunny. |
★ = New county photo record |
Aug 30 2020 |
Karl and Dorothy Legler
Location: Potosi and vicinity
Sunny. 12 species. Photo by Dorothy. |
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Aug 30 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Lima Bog area
70s, sunny, slight breeze |
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Aug 30 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Patrick Marsh
Sunny, 60s, slight breeze |
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Aug 30 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Wehr Nature Center
butterflies seen during bird count. Sunny pleasant day. |
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Aug 30 2020 |
Judith Huf
Location: Boerner Botanical Gardens
about noon to 1pm. Sunny. |
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Aug 30 2020 |
Rory Williams
Location: Tomorrow Bike Trail
Incidental while bike riding |
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Aug 30 2020 |
Mary Jo Sundling
Location: My backyard in Stoughton
Sunny and 70. |
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Aug 30 2020 |
Patrick Ready
Location: Biocore Prairie, UW Madison
Walked the path along the south side of Frautchi Pt. Prairie in full bloom, mostly sunny, 75 w light breeze. 4:30 pm. |
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Aug 31 2020 |
Jim Kabrhel
Location: Lower Henry Schuette Park
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Aug 31 2020 |
Fred Dike
Location: Goth Conservancy
70s, cloudy, breezy |
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Aug 31 2020 |
Jeannie van Vianen
Location: Horicon Marsh
Most of these sightings came from Old Marsh Road, but a few were seen in other places on the Auto Tour Loop and the Least Skipper at Ledge Road. |
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Aug 31 2020 |
Kate Redmond
Location: Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
Late afternoon with a lake breeze. |
these sightings will need to be divided into three parts as the trail is in three counties