Massachusetts Butterfly Club - Myles Standish, Arlington's Great Meadows

[Barbara Volkle]

Join us for the following Massachusetts Butterfly Club trips this Saturday and Sunday!

Saturday April 30th, 10 am

Myles Standish State Forest, Carver

We will walk the gas pipeline cut through pine and scrub oak woods. The walking is fairly easy but expect some minor inclines. Target species: Eastern Pine, Hoary, Frosted and Brown Elfins and Dreamy, Sleepy and Juvenal’s Duskywings. Rain date is Sunday, May 1. Meet at park headquarters, contact leader Barbara Volkle bar...@massbutterflies.org if you have questions.

For additional trip information, see our trip roster at massbutterflies.org . Click on 2022 Schedule for additional trip information.

Sunday May 1st, 11 am

Arlington’s Great Meadows Field Trip

This 183-acre wet meadow is the largest piece of undeveloped land in the Arlington/Lexington area. Target species: Henry’s and Brown Elfins. We'll continue to Horn Pond Mountain in Woburn for more Brown Elfins and other butterflies. For meeting location, contact leader ASAP via our trip roster at massbutterflies.org . Click on 2022 Schedule for additional trip information.

Barbara Volkle

Northborough, MA

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[Barbara Volkle]

Join us for either of these two Massachusetts Butterfly Club trips this Saturday –

Saturday, August 20th, 10 am

Nasketucket Bay State Reservation, Mattapoisett

Nasketucket Bay State Reservation has almost 400 acres of coastal forest, set on some of Buzzards Bay’s clearest, healthiest waters. We will take an easy hike along the Bridal Trail and part of the Shaw Farm Trail to explore this property in search of Little Yellows. For meeting location, contact leader Andrew Griffith at andre...@comcast.net

 

Saturday, August 20th, 10:30 am

Fannie Stebbins Refuge, Longmeadow and Forest Park, Springfield

Searching for Hackberry and Tawny Emperors and Zabulon Skippers. Meet at Fannie Stebbins at the end of Bark Haul Road — off Route 5 in Longmeadow at 10:30 am. Later we will go to Forest Park in Springfield.  Rain date: Sunday August 21. Contact leader Barbara Volkle at bar...@theworld.com

 

Photos, taken at Nasketucket Bay State Reservation, courtesy of Andrew Griffith.

[Barbara Volkle]

Join us for the following Massachusetts Butterfly Club trips this Saturday and Sunday!

Saturday April 22, 10 am

Myles Standish State Forest, Carver

We will walk the gas pipeline cut through pine and scrub oak woods. The walking is fairly easy but expect some minor inclines. Target species: Eastern Pine, Hoary, Frosted and Brown Elfins and Dreamy, Sleepy and Juvenal’s Duskywings. Meet at park headquarters, contact leader Barbara Volkle bar...@massbutterflies.org if you have questions.

Sunday April 23, 11 am

Arlington’s Great Meadows Field Trip

This 183-acre wet meadow is the largest piece of undeveloped land in the Arlington/Lexington area. Target species: Henry’s and Brown Elfins. We'll continue to Horn Pond Mountain in Woburn for more Brown Elfins and other butterflies. For meeting location, contact leader Tom Whelan t...@whelanphoto.com .

For additional trip information, see our trip roster at massbutterflies.org . Click on 2023 Schedule for additional trip information.

Thanks to Tom Whelan for previously noting the Arlington’s Great Meadows Field Trip.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Griffith from Myles Standish State Forest.