Other wildlife seen at Blue Mash Nature Trail on Wed. August 18 during a
field trip to study dragonflies:

dragonflies:
black saddlebags (perched; what a treat!)
common whitetail
wandering glider
12-spotted skimmer
widow skimmer
slaty skimmer
eastern pondhawk
eastern amberwing

butterflies:
zebra swallowtail
eastern tiger swallowtail (both forms)
spicebush swallowtail
cabbage white
clouded sulphur
albino female sulphur
sleepy orange
eastern tailed blue
red-banded hairstreak (one old, one very fresh)
question mark
pearl crescent
common buckeye
red-spotted purple
great spangled fritillary
viceroy
silver-spotted skipper
common checkered skipper
fiery skipper
little glassywing
crossline skipper
tawny-edged skipper
sachem

Denise Gibbs

Marko, Thomas L. GS BUMED wrote:

>Blue Mash Nature Trail, Montgomery County, 19 Aug 04, 1900-2000
>
>While walking along the BMNT with my wife and the pooch this evening, I
>lamented the lack of birds.  The family of Wood Ducks, a fixture on the pond
>all summer, were no longer there and nary a bird was perched on the
>fenceline surrounding the landfill.  You can imagine my surprise and delight
>when a male Blue Grosbeak suddenly made its presence known atop a cedar
>along the trail.  And shortly thereafter, four Common Nighthawks appeared
>overhead hawking insects in the waning light.  These two new additions bring
>my BMNT list to 112 species.
>
>Tom Marko
>Montgomery Bird Club
>
>