[EMAS] Sandy Mush Gamelands Bear creek access and vicinity, May 6, 2012 Birds, Leps and Odes
- From: "Doug Johnston" <wellsteadwest@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "EMAS Sightings" <emas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 17:30:31 -0400
A very pleasant morning was spent out at the Bear creek access today. Some
of the sightings were on the road close to the access.
It was interesting to see a N rough wing swallow collecting nest material
down by the Sandy Mush creek. They must have excavated their tunnel already!
Doug Johnston
Sandy Mush Gamelands Bear creek access, Buncombe, US-NC
May 6, 2012 8:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly clear, temps 60 warming to mid 80's, wind calm or
light NE
36 species
Northern Bobwhite 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Acadian Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 5
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 collecting nest material
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 9
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 6
Prairie Warbler 5
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 8
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 3
American Goldfinch 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
this below copied from a post to Carolina leps
A birding morning segued into butterflies as they appeared with the heat.
Several species new for the year. The Dusted skippers weren't a first for
the gamelands in 2012, but the numbers were impressive. Also of interest, a
Gulf fritillary, and several Little yellows.
Please note that the Sandy Mush Gamelands are a three day hunting gameland.
This means that there will be hunters around on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays. Plan you visits accordingly.
Pipevine ST - 1
Black ST - 1
tiger ST - 6
Spicebush ST - 3
dark ST - 4
Cabbage white - 3
Clouded sulphur - 5
Orange sulphur - 12
white sulphur - 1
Cloudless sulphur - 5
Little yellow - 10 Some quite worn and some quite pale
Sleepy orange - 1
Red banded hairstreak - 2
ETB - 3
Summer azure - 6 Although not bright white on the ventral, most of these
were not the dingy white of the Springs.
Gulf fritillary - 1
Variegated fritillary - 3
Great spangled fritillary - 6
Silvery checkerspot - 3
Pearl crescent - 45
American lady - 14
Red admiral - 1
Common buckeye - 5
Red spotted purple - 6
Carolina satyr - 5
Little wood satyr - 40
Monarch - 1
Silver spotted skipper - 4
Southern cloudywing - 1
Northern cloudywing - 2
Dreamy duskywing - 7
Horace's duskywing - 3
duskywing spp - 12 many very worn
C checkered skipper - 1
Swarthy skipper - 1
Clouded skipper - 3
Least skipper - 3
Crossline skipper -2 as best I could tell. Not good views of the dorsal
Sachem - 5
Zabulon skipper - 7
Dusted skipper - 9
Ashy clubtails were everywhere on the trail and tame enough to afford close
views
Common green darner - 1
Lancet clubtail - 1
Ashy clubtail - 14
Appalachian snaketail - 4
Stream cruiser - 1
Common whitetail - 4
Appalachian jewelwing - 1
There were several odes over the creek which went unidentified, also a
damsel
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