June 29 & 30, 2013

I started a beautiful weekend at Two Rivers Park Saturday morning. The primary goal was butterflies and dragonflies rather than birds but  take what I can get.  Things were kind of slow there so I proceeded to Pinnacle Mountain State Park and visited their flower garden.  I found that the Purple Coneflower, Sweet Coneflower, Gayfeather, and other plants were starting to bloom.  It still wasn’t very busy but while there I found American ladies, Eastern tailed-Blue, Common Buckeye, Red Saddlebags, and some kind of pennant dragon who wouldn’t stay still.

Sunday morning I started at Audubon Arkansas, checking their flower garden and field and then went to the Witt Stephens Nature Center to check their flower garden.  Finally in the afternoon I visited the fishing pond at Cook’s Landing to see what it might hold. No rarities were found but sunshine and fresh air are it own rewards.

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Sunday was Bug Day

It started cloudy and a little rainy before clearing off later. Not much in the way of birds but I did find a few bugs.  I got a first of season Eastern Amberwing, Phaon Crescent, and Black-and-yellow Argiope though he’s showing no yellow.

Mount Magazine State Park

Saturday I joined ASCA for a field trip to this state park on the mountain. The temperatures were fine, the day sunny.  Good birds and butterflies, plus a new life moth the Walnut Sphinx Moth.

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