Northampton/Amherst 4th of July Butterfly Count (7/22)

On Sunday the 22nd, my parents, Elise Barry, and I participated in the Northampton/Amherst 4th of July butterfly count. We had a great day and counted a good number of butterflies. Unfortunately it was many weeks ago and I don't remember too many details. Here's a summary of the count from Mark Fairbrother:
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With 2-3 precincts still to report, the totals for today’s Northampton/Amherst area 4J count stand at:

44 species,
2160 individuals.

Butterfly highlights include Hickory Hairstreak, 6; WHITE-M Hairstreak, 1; Common Sootywing, 97.

Taken from the clutches of a spider or assassin bug was a duskywing which may turn out to be a Horace’s Duskywing.

The compilation for this count is held at the State Reservation on top of Mt. Sugarloaf in South Deerfield. The avian highlight of the day was watching a very vocal pair of Peregrine Falcons chasing each other at length, generally at eye level and occasionally within 50 feet of the observers.