Today in Green Ridge State Forest

[waltp...@gmail.com]

I followed in Rick's footsteps and went out to GRSF today.

(couldn't go yesterday which was the better weather day)

It was 66f when I arrived at 9:30 in the vicinity of Point Overlook and the temp quickly climbed to 80.  It was sunny for the first two hours then clouded over and started to rain by 1:30.  With heavy storms on the radar, I retreated to home.

I posted the better shots of some of the sightings on Inaturalist

my sightings:

1 Mourning Cloak

10 Falcate Orange Tips (males and females)

3 Sleepy Duskywings (1 day too late, rats!)

1 Zebra Swallowtail

3 Henry's Elfins

2 Olympia Marbles, sadly was unable to get a photo

3 Cabbage Whites

6 Silvery Blues

1 White M Hairstreak (again wasn't able to get a photo).

Overall - very dry in GRSF.  Water levels low in creeks.

Is it just my imagination or were the Henry's Elfins and Silvery Blues tinier than usual?

Walter Gould

[Rick Borchelt]

Funny you should say that! I too thought the elfins were really tiny this year, and you can see how small the Silvery Blue in my hand is. Found it odd also. 

On Mar 30, 2025, at 6:18 pm, waltp...@gmail.com <waltp...@gmail.com> wrote:



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