[tn-bird] Re: bugs of Rankin Bottoms, TN et al
- From: John Devereux Joslin <jdjoslin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 05:35:34 -0400
Thanks, Don for your nice email and extensive information on butterflies and
dragonflies.
For those birders like myself who may have been wondering what LEPS and ODES
are, I think I figured it out. The list following LEPS is all butterflies (LEPS
for Lepidoptera) and the list following ODES is all dragonflies (ODES for
Odonata). Is that correct, Don?
Dev Joslin
Oak Ridge, TN
Dnldhlt@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hey folks,
> While birding Rankin Bottoms in Cocke Co. and the Walmart Distribution
> Center in Greene Co., TN with Wallace Coffey and Larry McDaniel, I saw a few
> butterflies and dragonflies, not many, but they were pretty nice ones. I've
> listed them below. At Rankin Bottoms it was fun watching the large numbers
> of Eastern Kingbirds trying to eat them!
> Wallace Coffey, a serious birder (serious, not solemn), reported no
> shorebirds of note; but this neophyte shorebirder was thrilled to be a fly on
> the wall while he and Larry McDaniel casually compared their observations of
> species present. For me, seeing Least and Western Sandpipers side by side,
> with relevant details verbally highlighted, was an unparalleled learning
> opportunity. Stilt and Pectoral Sandpipers and Greater Yellowlegs may be
> among the usual shorebirds, but for a ridgerunner like me no shorebird is
> common. Rankin Bottoms is an awesome phenomenon. Thank you, Wallace and
> Larry, for doing what you love to do and sharing it with others.
>
> Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co., TN
> LEPS
> Zebra Swallowtail
> Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
> Spicebush Swallowtail
> Cloudless Sulphur
> Gulf Fritillary
> Viceroy
> Silver-spotted Skipper
> Least Skipper
> Sachem
> ODES
> Blue-fronted Dancer
> Common Whitetail
> Eastern Amberwings
> Wandering Glider
>
> Walmart Distribution Center, Greene Co., TN
> ODES
> Common Green Darner
> Common Whitetail
> Widow Skimmer
> Black Saddlebags
> Blue Dasher
> Eastern Pondhawk
> Calico Pennant
> Halloween Pennant*
>
> *You really ought to see the Halloween Pennants, there are lots of them
> perched on some of the slightly higher stem tips in the emergent vegetation.
> They have orange and black banded wings and are quite beautiful.
>
> Don Holt
> 910 Smalling Rd.
> Johnson City, TN 37601
> (423) 926-0865
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