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Started by Parula, Jun 27 2012 12:36 AM

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#1 Parula

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Posted 27 June 2012 - 12:36 AM

Anyone that can help ID these
http://www.whatbird....be-identified/
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 02:03 AM

I think your first one is a Milbert's Tortoiseshell, can't help with the others.

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Posted 27 June 2012 - 02:27 AM

  • Red Admiral
  • Silvery Checkerspot
  • Skipper of some sort, what I can see of the wing pattern looks like a worn Fiery.

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Posted 27 June 2012 - 02:33 AM

The antennae on 3 are too long for Fiery. I'd call it a Sachem.
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 02:34 AM

And here I thought I got one right for a change. I agree with psweet.

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Posted 27 June 2012 - 02:46 AM

I can see Sachem for that skipper -- we're just a bit too far north to see them, so I don't know them well.

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Posted 27 June 2012 - 02:56 AM

Here they are nearly as common as Fiery and Clouded, and according to BAMONA, they are just as populous in Virginia.
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#8 Parula

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Posted 27 June 2012 - 12:23 PM

Oh ok thanks all. this is my next step learn some butterflies
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#9 Parula

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Posted 28 June 2012 - 02:15 PM

some more butterfly ID's
maybe a checkerspot
http://www.whatbird....-be-identified/
a type of skipper but which one. maybe a dusky
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 02:34 PM

The first one's a Pearl Crescent -- a good one to learn, they're quite common over the whole country. The skipper's a lot harder -- it would help to know where the shot was taken.

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Posted 28 June 2012 - 03:26 PM

VA was where both pictures were taken
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 03:54 PM

Dusted Skipper seems to be the best fit -- but the photos simply not clear enough for me to feel 100% comfortable with the ID. Sorry!

#13 Parula

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Posted 28 June 2012 - 03:57 PM

alright here is a different angle http://www.whatbird....-be-identified/
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 02:34 AM

Well, I'm not going to say I couldn't be wrong, but that does look good for a Dusted Skipper. There appears to be a couple of basal white spots, and the face pattern looks good.

#15 Parula

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 01:12 PM

ok thanks for your very good attempt
here are some more
Wood nymph?
http://www.whatbird....647-wood-nymph/
Little wood satyr?
http://www.whatbird....tle-wood-satyr/
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Latest- Gray-cheeked Thrush, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler
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Latest- Juvenal's Duskywing, Spring Azure, Mourning Cloak, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Falcate Orangetip
Dragonfly and damselflies lifers- 12
Latest- Black Saddleback, Carolina Saddleback, Green Darner, Familiar Bluet, and Violet Dancer
2013 Va big year 179
Recent- Eastern Whip-poor-will
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 01:25 PM

You got both of those.

#17 Parula

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 01:31 PM

Thank you. I don't have any more IDs for now
Yard list 133
Bird lifers 252
Latest- Gray-cheeked Thrush, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler
Butterfly lifers- 55
Latest- Juvenal's Duskywing, Spring Azure, Mourning Cloak, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Falcate Orangetip
Dragonfly and damselflies lifers- 12
Latest- Black Saddleback, Carolina Saddleback, Green Darner, Familiar Bluet, and Violet Dancer
2013 Va big year 179
Recent- Eastern Whip-poor-will
Year list- 213

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 10:17 PM

Alright got some more for you guys
skipper?
http://www.whatbird....ype-of-skipper/
?
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?
http://www.whatbird....-be-identified/
Yard list 133
Bird lifers 252
Latest- Gray-cheeked Thrush, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler
Butterfly lifers- 55
Latest- Juvenal's Duskywing, Spring Azure, Mourning Cloak, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Falcate Orangetip
Dragonfly and damselflies lifers- 12
Latest- Black Saddleback, Carolina Saddleback, Green Darner, Familiar Bluet, and Violet Dancer
2013 Va big year 179
Recent- Eastern Whip-poor-will
Year list- 213

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 10:24 PM

1. Maybe Zarucco Duskywing? We have tons of those here.
2. Northern Pearly-eye
3. Gemmed Satyr
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#20 Parula

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 11:33 PM

I looked at the zarucco duskywing and I think it is a perfect match with my other pictures thank you
Yard list 133
Bird lifers 252
Latest- Gray-cheeked Thrush, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler
Butterfly lifers- 55
Latest- Juvenal's Duskywing, Spring Azure, Mourning Cloak, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Falcate Orangetip
Dragonfly and damselflies lifers- 12
Latest- Black Saddleback, Carolina Saddleback, Green Darner, Familiar Bluet, and Violet Dancer
2013 Va big year 179
Recent- Eastern Whip-poor-will
Year list- 213
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