Blackstone Valley Corridor 4th July Butterfly Count (7/14)

My next butterfly count was the Blackstone Valley Corridor which is hosted by my friends, Tom and Cathy Dodd. This was our best count of the year with tons of butterflies (individuals and species). Unfortunately, being over a month ago I don't remember many of the details.

The most memorable sighting of the day was a smallish turtle sticking its head out of a small pool in a revine. The water was nothing more than a large vernal pool so I don't think that the turtle lives there permanently. But, it was still really cool to see.

I'm guessing that it was a Musk Turtle but it could have been a small Snapper as well. When we tried to get a closer look, he retreated into the muddy bottom of the pool.

Butterflies: Black Swallowtail 26, Tiger Swallowtil 26, Spicebush Swallowtail 29, Cabbage White 41, Clouded Sulphur 72, Orange Sulphur 66, American Copper 111, Bog Copper 3, Coral Hairstreak 13, Banded Hairstreak 5, Hickory Hairstreak 1, Striped Hairstreak 9, Gray Hairstreak 1, ET Blue 30, Summer Azure 29, GS Frit 55, Aphrodite Frit 6, SB Frit 9, Pearl Crescent 104, Baltimore 37, Question mark 2, Ea Comma 10, Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1, Am Lady 16, Red Admiral 103, C Buckeye 3, Red Sp Admiral 2, Viceroy 16, N Pearly-eye 3, Eyed Brown 7, Ap Brown 38, Little Wd Satyr 172, Com Wood Nymph 436, Monarch 73, Silver Sp Skipper 92, Horace's Duskywing 8, Wild Indigo Duskywing 6, Common Sootywing 10, Least Skipper 7, European Skipper 6, Tawny-edged Skipper 2, Crossline Skipper 18, Northern Broken dash 42, Little Glassywing 63, Delaware Skipper 41, Mulberry wing 15, Broad-winged Skipper 1, Black Dash 7, Dun Skipper 84, Two-spotted Skipper1, Large Frit (spp) 20

Totals====>1958
Total Species===>50
# of participants 12
Party Hours 39.5
(car) 6
(foot) 33.5
Party Miles 108.7
(car) 87.4
(foot) 21.25
Count Date 7/14/07
Compiler Tom Dodd