I'm hoping I can get to the trail today (blocked last time from creek overflow) but as soon as I cross the bridge, I'm greeted by a guy on a very wet bike. He tells me good luck getting to the trail.
I try to walk down paths other people have made through the trees but without luck. :( Next time, I bringing my mud boots so I can reach the trail and see some butterflies!
On the positive side, I see Gold Finches and Yellow Warblers!
Well, it's time to head back to Lambs Canyon again, I need a walk.
When I arrive, the gate is still closed and the sun still out with no rain clouds in sight or in the forecast - yea!
I check the mud puddles near my car and I find a Two-banded Skipper!
I also see few Rocky Mt Duskwing, a Spring Azure, a Silvery Blue and several Western Tailed Blue. Not a bad start.
The beginning section of the trail is full of the lovely white flowers of Wild Cherries.
So many blooming Cherry trees!
Along the trail, there are more Gernaniums
and Sweet Peas blooming. The Parsley plants are done blooming and are drying but a curious Anise Swallowtail is checking them out but doesn't lay any eggs.
The Duskywings and Blues rule the day. There's no question that the majority of duskywings are still the Rocky Mt variety. But there is an increasing number of Sleeping Duskywings in the mix.
Lots of Western Tailed Blues having their parties today.
I'm still finding Orangetips cruising the canyon looking for mates as well as several Mourning Cloaks, a couple of Juba Skippers
and one beaten CA Tortoiseshell (trying to hide with the Western Tailed Blues).
I'm also seeing this other White. It's bigger than the Orangetip but I'm unsure what it is.
New sightings for the year are a Clouded Sulpher, 2 Field Crescents and a Satyr Comma (after flying twice as I stalked him, he finally came back and landed on my leg before settling on the ground).
It's big day for Swallowtails as I see 4 Swallowtails: Anise, Western and new for the year, Two-tailed and one Pale!!
On the way down, I see a White Line Sphinx moth, the first of the year!
The day is completed on the way down when one of those Whites that have been driving me crazy all day stops to nectar. He doesn't stay long on a flower but does stay in the same area. I see he's a Large Marble!
(There are also Cabbage Whites on air.) 19 species today!!
Awsome day!
