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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: gary yankech on July 04, 2010, 06:15:49 PM

Title: rouge park july 4
Post by: gary yankech on July 04, 2010, 06:15:49 PM

today I photographed in the Rouge:

butterflies
tawny crescent
monarch
eastern tailed blue
common wood nymph

dragonflies
twelve spotted skimmer
ebony jewelwing
familiar bluet
white-faced meadowhawk
dot-tailed whiteface

and also a eastern grey tree frog

if anyone would like to see my pictures, let me know and I will add to my flickr account.

Gary Yankech

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on July 05, 2010, 01:26:13 AM

Great sightings Gary, especially the Tree Frog!

According to the The Butterflies of the Toronto Region - 140 Years of History, the Tawny Crescent sighting(s) is listed as 'Historical Record' only, your Crescent was more than likely a female Northern Crescent.  I suggest this only because last week I had the very same problem with my sighting in Rouge Park and had to ask for ID help from the experts.

Here's the female Northern Crescent that I saw:
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_k1pXepVI5SQ/TChp7snqnjI/AAAAAAAAJ0M/F-pB1Bs1t6Q/s800/Northern%20Crescent%20%28101%29.JPG)

Walter

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Post by: gary yankech on July 05, 2010, 04:09:55 PM

thanks for the insight, you may be right...I did find it extremely challenging to id it......I used the Kaufman field guide and the internet.  The reason I swayed towards a Tawny is because of the bright blue spot on its thorax which the Northern does not seem to have. Here is the link to my picture. What do you think? You mentioned some experts, by any chance,   would you happened to have their contacts? Please let me know. What is your email address so I can add you to my flickr account?


crescent

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/4762002610/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/4762002610/)

tree frog

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/4761988334/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49663413@N08/4761988334/)


Gary Yankech

Quote from: "Bluffs Birder"

Great sightings Gary, especially the Tree Frog!

According to the The Butterflies of the Toronto Region - 140 Years of History, the Tawny Crescent sighting(s) is listed as 'Historical Record' only, your Crescent was more than likely a female Northern Crescent.  I suggest this only because last week I had the very same problem with my sighting in Rouge Park and had to ask for ID help from the experts.

Here's the female Northern Crescent that I saw:
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_k1pXepVI5SQ/TChp7snqnjI/AAAAAAAAJ0M/F-pB1Bs1t6Q/s800/Northern%20Crescent%20%28101%29.JPG)

Walter

Title: northern or tawny crescent?
Post by: gary yankech on July 05, 2010, 04:19:01 PM

upon further investigation, the northern crescent does in fact have a bright blue spot on its thorax.....in the Kaufman guide book, the blue spot is not as prominent on the Northern and suggests that the tawny crescent's range includes Southern Ontario. I will need to look into this even further.

Gary Yankech

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on July 05, 2010, 11:57:02 PM

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You mentioned some experts, by any chance, would you happened to have their contacts?

Hi Gary,

I just post my questions and comments here: Ontario Butterflies (http://groups.google.ca/group/onbutterflies/topics?hl=en&start=0&sa=N) and always recieve lots of helpful tips and information from some of Ontario's best.

Walter

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Post by: gary yankech on July 06, 2010, 12:48:23 AM

thanks walter for the tip. Also, someone from bugguide.net confirmed that it is indeed a northern crescent....It would have been nice if it had been a tawny!!

Quote from: "Bluffs Birder"

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You mentioned some experts, by any chance, would you happened to have their contacts?

Hi Gary,

I just post my questions and comments here: Ontario Butterflies (http://groups.google.ca/group/onbutterflies/topics?hl=en&start=0&sa=N) and always recieve lots of helpful tips and information from some of Ontario's best.

Walter