Butterflies on the Tram Trail

Friends board member Barbara Woodmansee and her husband Marc did a butterfly survey on October 8 of the Tram Trail. Barbara's report and photos follow.
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The Tram Trail is flourishing after the fantastic job of burning was completed in the summer. This is the peak of fall butterflies and fall flowers, and both were really excellent. We had 26 species of butterflies in just over 2 hours, which is excellent - especially since it was cloudy and even rained while we were there. The Indian paintbrush, deer tongue and liatris are all coming into full flower now and the woods is a beautiful purple with all of it. These blooms are prime butterfly nectar, and I am so thrilled that we have this wonderful trail to explore. I hope to work more on developing this multi-biozone trail during the winter, and encourage everyone to check it out if you haven't seen it.

Mating Gemmed Satyrs (somewhat rare!)

Tiger Swallowtail

Southern Dogface

Zebra Swallowtail