Now that we’re talking about it, Amphibians seem also to be impacted. Toads and
tree frogs were abundant here before the April 2007 killing freeze. Both had
recovered somewhat, but nowhere near to pre-2007 levels. Tree frogs seem not
to have been impacted by this year’s spring-freeze, but I only remember seeing
one toad, this year, and that might have been before the May freeze.
Stephen Tyson, Schochoh
On Jul 10, 2020, at 8:35 AM, David Svetich <svetich813@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Normally, when I put fruit out it's SRO for Red-Spotted Purples, Anglewings
and Northern Pearly-Eyes. No takers so far this year! Single sightings of
Meadow Fritillaries which should measure over a hundred. Milkweed and
Short-Toothed Mt Mint are typically swarmed by all sorts of insects and are
not. An ovipositing Monarch is my only highlight.
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020, 23:15 Sydney Penner <sfp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There are a few pest insects that are doing just fine, sadly. I've got
way more leafhoppers on the farm than I've ever had before, something I
was speculating might be because of the mild winter.
There are some other insects that I'm seeing in similar or perhaps even
greater numbers than usual: grasshoppers, lady beetles, lacewings,
squash bugs.
But, yes, very few butterflies. A decent number of red admirals and
pearl crescents, but very few others. I don't think I've seen a single
tiger swallowtail yet, and usually those would be quite common here.
I had fireflies show up a couple of weeks earlier than usual, but
numbers never got as high as normal. Maybe all of that could be
explained by the unusually mild weather earlier in the year followed by
the cold snaps?
Sydney Penner
Wilmore, KY
On 7/9/20 9:25 PM, Jeff Sole wrote:
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lack of bugs this year. Very few butterflies around at all.
Jeff Sole
Hart County
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 8:19 PM <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Actually, I remarked to Clay at one point as we drove thru Obion WMA that
I was astonished that I had not seen a single deer fly all day! And we
were
accosted by a few mosquitoes at only one locale. Now the same cannot be
said for the annoying, ankle biting stable flies, which were present off
and on all day.
Overall this is a very odd year regarding insects to me. I have been
seeing VERY few butterflies over the past 6-8 weeks and we saw very few
yesterday. And here at home on the farm I bet I haven't seen a dozen
Japanese beetles . . .
Can't imagine what could be causing such a change in "bugs" but maybe has
something to do with the late cold snaps?
bpb, Louisville
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brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
But how were the deer flies and skeeters??
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On Jul 9, 2020, at 11:40 AM, <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <
Fulton County yesterday. We focused on the Lower Hickman Bottoms, but took
Clay Bliznick and I powered through a brutal day of birding in western
a trip up to the Upper Bottoms during mid-afternoon peak heat (although
all
we did was run into even hotter conditions due to a brief shower there
that
just made things muddy and more unbearably steamy!).
on one levee pool west of Hickman we saw at least two large juvies
Highlights included 15-20 total Black-necked Stilts at a few locations;
indicating at least a bit of successful nesting in the area this year. A
few birds at other locales showed no evidence of success.
Western at the Phillippy Pits in adjacent Tennessee. KY shorebirds
We had 10 species of shorebirds on the day which included an adult
included
a couple of Spotties, one Solitary, a few Greater and 6-8 Lesser
Yellowlegs, 2 Short-billed Dowitchers, scattered small numbers of Least,
and 4 Pectoral Sandpipers.
everywhere. We also saw a couple of likely broods of large Hooded
Small numbers of Least Terns were scattered about just about
Merganser
young.
the day, but by the time we left there were only about 150 Great Egrets
We watched the south end of Lake No. 9 for the last hour and a half of
and
50+ Double-crested Cormorants roosting in the trees. A single Snowy Egret
also came in there. A larger roost is likely present down at the Phillippy
Pits where the largest number of egrets were feeding during the day. No
sign on either side of the state line of the recently reported White Ibis
or Fulvous Whistling-Ducks.
Clay spotted an apparently summering male Ring-necked Duck in the slough
In the Upper Bottoms, besides a few of the shorebirds summarized above,
on
the west side of Upper Bottom Road just after you go over the main bridge.
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