Hey tweets, this brought up a question for me, but not about birds. The butterfly migration of Painted Ladies has been the largest in many years apparently. Down here in the San Joaquin Valley outside Modesto, a few days ago it was almost like a steady blowing of snow, but the snow was butterflies headed pretty much due north. Has anyone in Washington (or Oregon or Idaho for that matter) seen the vanguard of this migration? It has been incredible! The birds are certainly eating well - they hang out by the road and jump down to get any butterflies hit by cars. And the Black Phoebe's, Yellow-rumps and Barn/Cave/Tree Swallows all hawk them out of the air. The migration has slowed significantly down here, making me wonder how far north they have gotten. Feel free to answer me off the list, but others might like to hear responses as well. Thanks!

Brett A. Wolfe
Seattle, WA (but San Joaquin Valley for the summer)
m_lincolnii at yahoo.com


Bob Flores <rflores at smwireless.net> wrote:
Encouraged by a chipping sparrow in my yard the last two days I walked my usual route in town and did find several ruby-crowned kinglets and yellow-rumped warblers. Nothing outstanding but sign that migration is coming!

Bob Flores
Othello, WA
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