CHANGE TO FIELD TRIP - Update to March 2017 Newsletter
FEBRUARY 27, 2017 NABA NEWSLETTER
We hope you are enjoying the weather. The butterflies are, with many of them emerging earlier than usual due to the unseasonably warm winter. As a result, we need to re-schedule our first field trip because the Falcate Orangetip has been flying for a week now in several southeastern states and we would most likely miss the Orangetip completely if we were to hold our field trip for this early-flying species at its original scheduled time. Therefore, we are moving our Montezuma Bluffs field trip to a week earlier than originally scheduled, with the new date for this trip provided below.
Montezuma Bluffs Field Trip – Sunday, March 5, 2017
We will be exploring the Bluffs and looking for the target species, the Falcate Orangetip. Other species that will be on the target species list will include Mourning Cloak and Eastern Comma.
To carpool, meet at 7:00 a.m. SHARP at the Village Square Blvd shopping area, at the eastern end near Newks Restaurant. We will take a short driving break at the home of Hairstreak Chapter members Sonny and Ginger Pinckard, who live just south of Americus, GA. We expect to arrive there around 9:30 AM. It’s just a short 30 to 45-minute drive to Montezuma Bluffs from their house.
If you would rather meet us at Montezuma Bluffs (Montezuma Bluffs Wildlife Management Area, Crooks Landing Road, off GA 49 North, Montezuma, GA 31063) we expect to muster and start the Field Trip from there at 10:30 a.m. Be at the parking lot at 10:30 a.m. Take SR 49, 2.3 miles north from the town of Montezuma to Crooks Landing Road. The entrance will be on your left.
Be sure to bring close-focusing binoculars, water, and a lunch. For more information about Montezuma Bluffs: http://www.exploregeorgia.org/listing/3224-montezuma-bluffs-wildlife-management-area.
Last year this event was cancelled due to floods and bad weather. Be sure and check our NABA website (http://www.naba-hairstreak.com/) to check on possible status updates. Look for a notice on the front page.
If you have questions, please contact Brian Lloyd at (850) 212-0058 or email him at Blloyd@Lloyd-usa.com. Submitted by Brian Lloyd
We hope you are enjoying the weather. The butterflies are, with many of them emerging earlier than usual due to the unseasonably warm winter. As a result, we need to re-schedule our first field trip because the Falcate Orangetip has been flying for a week now in several southeastern states and we would most likely miss the Orangetip completely if we were to hold our field trip for this early-flying species at its original scheduled time. Therefore, we are moving our Montezuma Bluffs field trip to a week earlier than originally scheduled, with the new date for this trip provided below.
Montezuma Bluffs Field Trip – Sunday, March 5, 2017
We will be exploring the Bluffs and looking for the target species, the Falcate Orangetip. Other species that will be on the target species list will include Mourning Cloak and Eastern Comma.
To carpool, meet at 7:00 a.m. SHARP at the Village Square Blvd shopping area, at the eastern end near Newks Restaurant. We will take a short driving break at the home of Hairstreak Chapter members Sonny and Ginger Pinckard, who live just south of Americus, GA. We expect to arrive there around 9:30 AM. It’s just a short 30 to 45-minute drive to Montezuma Bluffs from their house.
If you would rather meet us at Montezuma Bluffs (Montezuma Bluffs Wildlife Management Area, Crooks Landing Road, off GA 49 North, Montezuma, GA 31063) we expect to muster and start the Field Trip from there at 10:30 a.m. Be at the parking lot at 10:30 a.m. Take SR 49, 2.3 miles north from the town of Montezuma to Crooks Landing Road. The entrance will be on your left.
Be sure to bring close-focusing binoculars, water, and a lunch. For more information about Montezuma Bluffs: http://www.exploregeorgia.org/listing/3224-montezuma-bluffs-wildlife-management-area.
Last year this event was cancelled due to floods and bad weather. Be sure and check our NABA website (http://www.naba-hairstreak.com/) to check on possible status updates. Look for a notice on the front page.
If you have questions, please contact Brian Lloyd at (850) 212-0058 or email him at Blloyd@Lloyd-usa.com. Submitted by Brian Lloyd
