Viewing post #865805 by mellielong

Woo hoo! Hooray for Meredith! Not dorky at all and the Hackberry is awesome! You saw a few butterflies I've never seen. I've never seen a Snout and I'm trying to remember if I saw a Hackberry. I think I saw one in Kentucky. The BAMONA website appears to be down right now or I could go check because I know I report everything I see in KY and WV since I imagine there aren't too many reports in those rural areas. It's been years, anyway. If I recall, it kept landing on my dad's truck. I've only ever seen Eastern-Tailed Blues in KY and WV. They're so common up there but we don't get them down here.

I'm not much of a traveler, but I do like seeing different butterflies when I go somewhere. And you don't have to travel too far in some spots to really see different species. A lot of it depends on the habitat you're in because that, of course, affects what plants will be growing. That's why it's very important we preserve certain types of habitat. For example, the Bartram's Hairstreak was listed as endangered last year due to the pine rocklands habitat disappearing. There's a big controversy going on down in Miami where the Univ. of Miami sold some pine rocklands to a developer who now wants to build a Wal-Mart and other businesses on it. I've been following the story through the various environmental groups I'm friends with on Facebook. Let's just say I might end up chaining myself to a tree at some point. Dad said he would bring snacks, though.

And for those of us who don't travel or don't travel often, we can come on here and get a virtual tour of wherever you guys are! Seeing all the recent blooms on ATP is giving me total bulb envy right now. But I get to taunt everyone through the winter, so I guess it evens out. If I get a decent night's sleep, I might do a little gardening tomorrow. I still have some bromeliads to move. And I guess I better check the Rue. If I can find two eggs in the dark, I'm somewhat afraid to know what I'll find in the daylight. I suppose I better tell Mom to get some organic parsley next time she goes to the store.