I can understand the part about working on night birds but sleep is for the weak! ;) Ken ________________________________ From: Stephen Stedman <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx; kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx; TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:12 PM Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Moths Richard and all, I have the same sentiments as Richard right now; just keeping up with what is on my plate is tough; to add the time needed to work on moths now is just not realistic, but it is comforting to know that this new field of endeavor is out there waiting and that a lot of the pioneering work has been done. Those who are into birds know that night birds take up at least some of any real birder’s time at night, as does sleep. Later, Steve From:tn-butterflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tn-butterflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:10 PM To: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx; TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Moths That's fabulous, Ken, Congratulations! Very impressive. I'm not going to join in just yet, but you keep up the good work. Richard Connors Nashville In a message dated 2/12/2013 1:20:33 P.M. Central Standard Time, kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx writes: I thought I'd post this to try and convince some of you die-hard butterfliers to come over to the dark side of Leps. 2 nights ago my yard list of identified moth species reached 1000. The majority of these were seen on or near my light/sheet setup which means I didn't have to leave my back porch to find them. Since it's done at night, it doesn't interfere with butterflying or birding and it can be done all year long. I'm already at 41 identified species for 2013! > >There's a tn-moths listserv and for those of you on Facebook there's a Mothing and Moth-watching group. > >#1000 was the Red-winged Sallow shown in the attached pic. > >Ken Childs >Henderson, TN >Chester County > >http://tinyurl.com/FinishFlagFarmsMoths >http://www.finishflagfarms.com