It's always cool to find something new! Here's a shot I took yesterday of an atypical looking Juniper Hairstreak for this area. It was smaller than normal and had almost no green. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_6874.jpg Ken Childs Henderson, TN Chester County http://www.finishflagfarms.com --- On Sat, 4/25/09, Michael Lee Bierly <mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Michael Lee Bierly <mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Williamson County - April 25, 2009 > To: "Tennessee Butterflies" <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Susan Schott" <schottbirds@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 8:08 PM > > > > Message > > > > April 25, 2009. > Williamson County, Tennessee. > > If you don't want > the gush, click the attachment and check your next email, > but if...read > on. > > Now, if you have never been with me when something good > happens, you might get > embarrassed. I seldom only leave my 96-year old > Dad for a couple of > hours a week for groceries, but getting springs plants > allows a rare exception. > My only place to look for butterflies is > normally from my > 57'x150' yard. I had just arrived at Mill > Creek Gardens in Williamson > County (north of the city of Nolensville), a retail > garden site snuggled > into a hill, and was saying hello to the owners and others > who I know when this > small 'fly appeared flying low in front of me and then > landed right at me. My > gasp and vocalizations brought everyone around. My first > Juniper Hairstreak. > Yes, there are large junipers scattered amongst the > deciduous > trees. > > After getting saturation looks at the Juniper, I > proceeded into one of the > open large greenhouses when my eye caught a small white > 'fly at the other end. I > exclaimed that it couldn't be a Cabbage White > as it was too small, flew > different, and the shape was different. I moved around with > it for a few minutes > until it came lower and, you couldn't have gotten a > louder howler out of my > if you pinched me when I saw the orange tips. My first > Falcate Orangetip. It > never allowed a pic though many looks at those orange tips > (thank goodness it > was a male). > > As two hours is my limit and it is a 40 minute drive each > way, there was no time > to explore the hillside and these were the only two > butterflies that I > saw. > > Mill Creek Gardens, > 7049 Nolensville Road, Brentwood, TN > 37027 > > 35.98433 and -86.68204 (Google Maps > API) > > Michael Lee Bierly, > Nashville, Davidson County, TN > The FAQ can be found by logging in at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=tn-butterflies Please report any abuse or questions about this list to: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxxx Users can unsubscribe from this list by sending email to tn-butterflies-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.