August 2, 2025 Adventures
We hit a couple places today because the weather was so perfect! High 70’s with a bit of a breeze and full sun. You can’t really beat that for a…
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July 23, 2025 – Middleboro, MA
I took a trip to the Nemasket River Archaeological Preserve today to look for any of the sedge loving butterflies that should have been there. Although I didn’t find even…
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July 19, 2025 – October Mountain
We took the long trip out to October Mountain in Washington, MA to see what was flying out there. Often there are several species that we just don’t get down…
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July 12, 2025 – A tale of Two Fields
It was the best of fields, it was the worst of fields. Well, something like that anyways. I had the amazing opportunity to visit the Joint Base Cape Cod, a…
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Slow June for butterflies
June in Massachusetts, as far as butterflies are concerned, was pretty bad. The terrible weather of May really showed it’s effects on butterfly populations throughout the state with species counts…
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June 16, 2025 – They’re baaaack!
“They’re baaaack!” Although this phrase may send chills through the bodies of those of us lucky enough to have watched Poltergeist in the 1980’s, today’s version of it (at least…
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June 15, 2025 – Middleboro, MA
We were finally able to visit the Nemasket River Village Archaeological Preserve together! It is a place I wrote about a couple weeks ago when I scouted it one afternoon.…
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June 6, 2025 – Erwin Wilder WMA and MSSF
Spent part of the morning looking for big butterflies (Swallowtails, Monarchs, etc) and Wild Indigo Duskywings. The day was a hazy sun, with temps in the lower 80’s and not…
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May 5, 2025 – Fairhaven and Marion, MA
I went quickly to a couple places today, mainly to see if I could get a Least Skipper at one of them. In Fairhaven, the location I went to is…
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June 4, 2025 – Middleboro, MA
I went to a couple places in Middleboro, MA today to see what I could find. I don’t go there often, so I waited for a nice warm and sunny…
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June 1, 2025 – Breakneck Hill – Southborough, MA
Based on a report we saw on the Massachusetts Butterfly Club Google group page, we decided to go to Breakneck Hill today. We had never been and it is only…
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May 30, 2025 – New and old locations
We did something different today and decided to go to a place I found on Google Maps that looked good from the map but had no real previous reports of…
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May 28, 2025 – Francis Crane WMA
We took a quick trip to Francis Crane Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth, MA today since it was supposed to be cloudy and instead it was sunny! Not an ideal…
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May 27, 2025 – Zabulons are back!
We took a quick walk down at the Great Neck Audubon in Wareham today. There wasn’t a lot flying, but I was there to find the early grass skippers and…
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May 26, 2025 – Cobwebs!
Today’s adventure took us back to Montague, MA and Ashburnham, MA looking for various species of butterflies. The weather was MUCH better than last weekend with nice partly cloudy skies…
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May 25, 2025 – Indians!
Despite the less than optimal weather continuing here in Massachusetts, we took a trip to Myles Standish State Forest today in search of Indian Skippers. The weather was sun and…
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May 24, 2025 – Lyman Reserve
We led a butterfly walk today for the Wareham Land Trust at the Lyman Reserve. Although the weather wasn’t forecast to be perfect for it, we decided yesterday that we…
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May 19, 2025 Dusted Skippers
Went on a quick run to Myles Standish State Forest today while the sun was still shining a bit. My goal today was to see if I could find more…
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May 13, 2025 – Frosties!
I took a quick trip to Myles Standish State Forest today since the weather was super nice in the low 70s and sunny but a bit breezy. It seems like…
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May 11, 2025 – Horn Pond Mountain
Today we took a trip up to Woburn, MA to Horn Pond Mountain to look for Juniper Hairstreaks. The weather was nice in the mid 60’s, sunny and a bit…
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May 3, 2025 – Watuppa Reservation – Fall River, MA
We took a trip out to the Watuppa Reservation area in Fall River today. It was a fantastic day to be out. Sunny, mid 70’s or more and just a…
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May 1, 2025 – Nasketucket Bay Reservation
Took a little time this afternoon to go to Nasketucket Bay Reservation in Mattapoisett, MA to see if I could find Henry’s Elfins since we saw one there last year…
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April 28, 2025 Mass Butterfly Club Walk at MSSF
Today I participated in my first of the year Massachusetts Butterfly Club (https://www.massbutterflies.org/) walk at Myles Standish State Forest. We were looking for the usual species, Elfins, Azures and anything…
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April 25, 2025 – Myles Standish scouting
I took a rather quick trip to Myles Standish State Forest to scout out the Elfin population, having seen reports from other parts of the state. I finally found them…
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April 24, 2025 – The yard is alive!
So, not a lot to report today, but it seems that our yard is alive again with butterfly and bird activity! After a really nice day outside with full sun,…
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April 22, 2025 Atwood Reservoir
I took a quick lunch time trip to Atwood Reservoir in Carver, MA based on a tip of a Henry’s Elfin that I saw on iNaturalist. It was a nice…
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April 19, 2025 MSSF and Lyman Reserve
Today we went out looking for Azures, Elfins, etc. We started the day at the gas lines on Bare Hill Road in Myles Standish State Forest. It was warm (upper…
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April 17, 2025 – First of the Year!
Took a solo trip to Myles Standish State Forest today to see what might be flying. I expected to see the Spring Azures and hoped to see an Elfin or…
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Florida 4-4-25
Today was a sort of freestyle day where we had a couple spots chosen and then hit a couple more since they were all in the same area. Not much…
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Florida 4-3-25
Today was supposed to mainly be a driving day to get back to the west coast of the state. However, we decided to find a place to stop and check…
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