Rose Lake, Clinton County, 24 JUL 08

[Dmcwhir513 at aol.com]

Folks -

Clinton County, Rose Lake WRA  1030-1315

Finally located the way into Burke Lake bog; knew I hadn't misplaced it by 
much.  Was in the vicinity until 1200.  Bergamot (Monarda) was in full bloom and 
the insect bios was intense, roiling, and varied!  Moths, bees, hornets, 
bugs, flys, and beetles, not too mention Leps and Odes.  There was a constant 
drone of insect sound.  Nice sun, good smells - a fine day to be out.

Took the path again from Stoll Road to the cinquefoil plains east of Rose 
Lake proper.  Mainly a quick run to see if I could find any coppers.  The Blazing 
Star (Liatris) was in nice bloom, as was the cinquefoil.

Winged Things:

Steadily calling birds: E Wood-Pewee, Red-eyed Vireo, Wood Thrush, Eastern 
Towhee.
Spoke Screech Owl at a flock and got Willow Flycatcher to fitz-bew.

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth - 3 or 4 (What a sight! They're beautiful.), 
Snowberry Clearwing Moth - 1, more than these and at least one other smaller 
species, all nectaring on Monarda

Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage Butterfly - 10+,
Dorcas Copper - 2 (very lethargic), Banded Hairstreak - 1 (quite worn)
Great Spangled Fritillary - 2 (one very fresh), Pearl Crescent - 7 (nectaring 
on Common Milkweed), Red Spotted Purple - 1 (ragged)
Hackberry Emperor - 1 (very ratty)
Northern Pearlyeye - 3, Wood Nymph - 1
Monarch - 2 (nectaring on Common Milkweed)
Silver-spotted Skipper - 2 (nectaring on Monarda), Wild Indigo Duskywing - 1 
( very fresh individual - this species by everything I could find for ID 
marks, in the cinquefoil area, nectaring mostly on Liatris, but probed cinquefoil), 
duskywing sp. - 2 (larger than the other), Checkered Skipper - 1, NBD/LG/Dun 
- 8 (nectaring on Monarda), Delaware Skipper - 1 (worn), Mulberry Wing - 2, 
Broad-winged Skipper - 3 (nectaring on Monarda), Eastern Dun Skipper - 4

spreadwing sp. - 2, Variable Dancer - 20+ (gorgeous little beast - my first 
ones for sure), Double-striped Bluet - 4, Eastern Forktail - 2, Sphagnum Sprite 
- 1 (excellent males, very nice, a number of small tenerals which may end up 
being this species)

Common Green Darner - 1, darner sp. - 2 (adult patrolling creek, blur type 
with two bright, distinct side stripes and a teneral)
Prince Baskettail - 2 ( finally figured out what these were, constantly 
patroling)
Calico Pennant - 2 (one pale teneral); Eastern Pondhawk - 8, Widow Skimmer - 
20+, Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 1, Blue Dasher - 2, Common Whitetail - 5, 
White-faced Meadowhawk - 2, Yellow-legged Meadowhawk - 1 (female), meadowhawk sp. - 
30+


Doug McWhirter
10112 W Holt
Dimondale, MI 48821
517-646-8151


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