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SJBF Project Compilation for 2018

Posted on February 7, 2019 by connorj

First Some Good Memories: The explosion of Brazilian skippers in CMY, in many gardens growing Canna, seems what most of us will remember longest about 2018. [See earlier posts on this blog for the details.] Stay tuned in 2019 and for … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Bulava: Bonding With A Monarch

Posted on September 28, 2018 by connorj

What is it like to live with a butterfly for five days? And what good can it do? Jennifer Bulava tells us here: A Naturalist & A Monarch Find A Bond

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Steve Glynn: South Jersey’s Sleepy Orange Colony

Posted on September 23, 2018 by connorj

Steve Glynn has been carefully monitoring a colony of sleepy oranges at Dix WMA, Cumberland County, since August, 2016, when he found and re-found two females and one male flying there over several days — and began wondering why they … Continue reading →

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Beth Polvino: Documenting My Brazilian Skippers

Posted on September 17, 2018 by connorj

Beth Polvino has tracked and photographed the entire sequence of Brazilian skippers in her garden in North Cape May this year: from eggs to adults (still continuing). Until this year the species was not known to breed in NJ. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Brazilian Skipper Redux

Posted on May 28, 2018 by connorj

We now have two mind-boggling reports of a Brazilian skipper in Cape May this spring: the first by Sam Galick on the Cape May Point Hawkwatch Platform on Sunday, May 20; the second by Teresa Knipper in her garden in … Continue reading →

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A Slow, Cold Spring…

Posted on May 11, 2018 by connorj

Thanks to Jack Miller and to Michael Gochfeld for their help in assembling this post. Our South Jersey Butterfly Project log’s numbers so far this year seem good evidence of the simple truth that temperature affects butterfly activity – … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon?

Posted on April 11, 2018 by connorj

I unplugged the heaters from the yard’s bird baths the other day. Wishful thinking! Both were frozen solid this morning. Needless to say, 2018 has been a late-starting butterfly year. As of noon, today, April 11, SJBP observer/reporters have found … Continue reading →

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A Backward Glance at 2017

Posted on March 6, 2018 by connorj

As of March 6, 2018, our “un-butterfly” weather continues. It has been so regularly cold, windy, rainy, icy, snowy, or all of the above that we have records for flying butterflies on only three days so far this year: Feb … Continue reading →

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Jack Miller’s December Forecast: Cool and Sunny With Scattered Leps by Mid-morning

Posted on December 4, 2017 by connorj

As you make plans for this holiday season and you are trying to come up with a fresh idea, consider taking your family and friends out for a butterfly search. After all, in the past six years we have recorded … Continue reading →

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2017 Butterfly Big Years X Two

Posted on November 28, 2017 by connorj

As many of you know, two of our most active veterans conducted Butterfly Big Years in 2017 — determined to spot as many species in the state as they could in one calendar year. Congratulations to Steve Glynn and Jack … Continue reading →

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