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 it will be the last nice day here for a few days so I made the most of it.

I went to the usual spots along the gas line and didn’t see really much exciting for a while. The Elfin activity has really slowed down, but the Duskywings are pretty active. I mainly saw Juvenal’s and Sleepy Duskywings, but also found one Horace’s which was a nice first of the year for me.

I had dreaded having to walk the entire length of the gas line at Bare Hill Road to get to where the Frosted Elfins sometimes can be found, when all of a sudden I saw something fly towards me that was certainly an Elfin. I waited until it stopped and was able to see that it was a Frosted! I followed it for a bit and got a few photos along the way.

There wasn’t much else going on other than one Pearl Crescent which was also a first of the year and a Chipping Sparrow landed in a tree right next to me so I grabbed a few shots of it as well (photo above).

Now we wait to see how the weekend weather turns out. It is my birthday weekend this weekend so it had BETTER be nice!