SE Colorado Birding: Correction: Not a Bordered Patch Butterfly

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Correction: Not a Bordered Patch Butterfly

***9-24-06: I have received emails from 2 birders with expertise in butterfly identification letting me know that this is not a Bordered Patch but instead a Weidemeyer's Admiral.****

I saw this unusual butterfly on the Canon City Riverwalk. The range map in , Butterflies through Binoculars doesn't show them being found in Colorado. And the range map in the web site Butterflies and Moths also fails to show any documented sightings of this species in Coloraod.

That said, I am a real beginner with butterflies and I may be unaware of their presence in Colorado. But they must be at least rather unusual if not rare here.

SeEtta

Why bird southeast Colorado?

From our high montane areas to the riparian areas along the Arkansas River as it exits Colorado, southeast Colorado offers birding opportunities for beginners to those serious birders who seek out the less common species. We have great shortgrass and sandsage prairie birding including public areas on the Comanche National Grasslands. We have wetlands including playa lakes (playas are important shallow, depressional wetlands that provide essential habitat for waterfowl and many other bird species). We have small lakes (such as Lake Cheraw north of La Junta)and large lakes (such as John Martin Reservoir that encompasses 35 square miles) that host an impressive diversity of bird species. And we have large expanses of pinyon-juniper woodlands with their special birding opportunities.

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Correction: Not a Bordered Patch Butterfly

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