5-5-26 Myles Standish State Forest and Nasketucket Bay State Reservation

[Andrew Griffith]

I took two rather quick trips to Myles Standish and Nasketucket Bay today to see what I could find.  My target species were Sleepy Duskywing and Henry's Elfin.  I was successful on both, but it wasn't easy.  

The day was super sunny with temps in the mid 60's, but the winds were gusting up to probably 20mph, maybe more.  

I was at Myles Standish for maybe 15 minutes, but I did see a few things, Nasketucket was a but longer, maybe an hour and almost everything I saw was on the wooded trails where the winds were less.  

Myles Standish:

1 Sleepy Duskywing

1 Juvenal's Duskywing

4 Brown Elfins

1 American Lady

15+ Azures

Nasketucket:

1 Henry's Elfin

1 Eastern Tailed Blue

1 Mourning Cloak

20+ Azures - Here I would say Summer form, but given the date, I am not sure.  The blue was a lot lighter than the usual Spring form, they were somewhat larger and the pattern is summerish.  However, given the date, I would say these are Spring Azures, form violacea.  

Andrew Griffith