Photo by Will Kerling, 11-09-11
Thanks to Cynthia Allen and Will Kerling, we’ve added two new species to our November list this week.
Patrolling the Triangle Garden in Cape May Point (on Lighthouse Avenue), they first found a white-m hairstreak, Parrhasius m-album, the first we have recorded in November in our four years of logging.
Photo by Will Kerling, 11-09-11
Not long after they spotted an American snout, Libytheana carinenta — new for the month, and so adding the species to our month list for the third year in a row and also giving us a chance to match or top our November 2008 count (see “Our November Flyers” below).
The Triangle Garden seems to share some features with the hawk watch platform in the State Park just down the street. It is stationed at the southernmost tip of New Jersey, it draws rarities regularly, and it attracts some of the sharpest and most dedicated observers in the state.
Photo by Will Kerling, 11-09-11