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Results from the 2001 Kern River Valley BUTTERFLY Count
by Bob Barnes
COUNT NAME, COUNTY, STATE: North Fork Kern Butterfly Count, Kern & Tulare
Counties, California: An Official North American Butterfly Association (NABA)
Annual 4th of July Butterfly Count
COUNT CIRCLE DESCRIPTION: Fifteen mile diameter circle including: North Fork Kern River (lower twelve miles), Gold Ledge Creek, Cannell Meadow, Kernville, Cyrus Canyon, Wofford Heights, Shirley Meadow, Greenhorn Summit, Sunday Peak, Tobias Peak, and Baker Point.
ELEVATION: 2650'-8284'
HABITAT: Southern Sierra Nevada habitats including residential gardens, riparian, chaparral, live oak woodland, blue oak woodland, mixed conifer forest, montane meadows, fir forest.
DATE/TIME: Sunday, July 8, 2001, 8:45am-6pm
AM: partly cloudy
PM: partly cloudy
TEMPERATURE: 67-95 degrees Fahrenheit
WIND: Negligible
OBSERVERS: Sixteen observers in 3 to 4 parties: R. J. Adams (Monterey County), Bob Barnes (Weldon, Kern County), Bill Bouton (San Luis Obispo County), Herb Clarke (Los Angeles County), Olga Clarke (Los Angeles County), Wanda Dameron (Los Angeles County), Ken Davenport (Bakersfield, Kern County), Monica Davis (Monterey County), Joan Franco (Los Angeles County), Mary Freeman (Los Angeles County), Nick Freeman (Los Angeles County), Fred Heath (Los Angeles County), John Lawrenson (New York City, New York), Rozella Mattingly (Bakersfield, Kern County), Susan Steele (Inyokern, Kern County), Guy Tudor (New York City, New York)
TOTAL PARTY-HOURS: 23.75 (12.25 on foot, 11.5 by car)
TOTAL PARTY-MILES: 143 (7 on foot, 136 by car)
COMPILER: Bob Barnes, PO Box 953, Weldon, CA 93283.
E-mail: Bob Barnes
BUTTERFLIES: Western Tiger Swallowtail 33; Pale Swallowtail 9; Becker's White 2; Checkered White 65; Cabbage White 23; Orange Sulphur 111; California Dogface 1; Tailed Copper 4; Great Copper 1; Gorgon Copper 4; Golden Hairstreak 9; Sylvan Hairstreak 11; Gold-hunter's (Nut Brown) Hairstreak 300; Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak 324; Hedgerow Hairstreak 333; "Nelson's" Juniper Hairstreak 11; Gray Hairstreak 13; Western Pygmy-Blue (world's smallest butterfly) 1; Marine Blue 22; Ceraunus Blue 1; Spring Azure 16; Square-spotted (Comstock's) Blue 71; Dotted Blue 8; Silvery Blue 1; Melissa Blue 2; Greenish Blue 15; Boisduval's Blue 17; Acmon Blue 15; Lupine Blue 8; Coronis Fritillary 3; Callippe Fritillary 16; Great Basin Fritillary 2; Hydaspe Fritillary 764; Field Crescent 24; Mylitta Crescent 12; Satyr Comma 1; Hoary Comma 2; Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1; American Lady 4; Painted Lady 30; West Coast Lady 20; Common Buckeye 1; Lorquin's Admiral 15; California Sister 41; Common (California) Ringlet 29; Great Basin Wood-Nymph 1; Monarch 20; Queen 6; Silver-spotted Skipper 3; Northern Cloudywing 3; Propertius Duskywing 3; Funereal Duskywing 1; White-checkered Skipper 6; Northern White-Skipper 1; Fiery Skipper 15;
Sandhill Skipper 1; Sonora Skipper 10; Sachem 4; Woodland Skipper 11; Rural Skipper 2
TOTAL ADULT (BUTTERFLY) SPECIES: 60
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS: 2483
NOTE: North American Butterfly Association Board Members Fred Heath and Guy Tudor participated in the North Fork Kern Butterfly Count. Due to their experience on the butterfly count, the beautiful setting provided by the Kern
River Valley, it's variety of accommodations, numerous restaurants, and the impressive butterfly and bird species diversity, they intend be strong advocates in recommending to NABA that they headquarter their national
biennial convention in Kernville in late June 2004 or 2006.
INTERESTING BUTTERFLY FACTS FROM BAKERSFIELD'S KEN DAVENPORT:
137 of 204 (67%) of California's butterfly species within 15 air miles of Isabella Reservoir.../
147 of 204 (71%) of California's butterfly species are on Kern County's main checklist.../
see: Butterflies of Kern County, California
153 of 204 (75%) of California's butterfly species are on Tulare County's main checklist.../
174 of 204 (85.3%) of California's butterfly species are on the Kern & Tulare Counties main checklist.../
REFERENCES:
Unpublished "Checklist of Butterflies of Kern and Tulare Counties, California. November 10, 2000" by Ken Davenport, 6601 Eucalyptus Dr., #325, Bakersfield, CA 93306. Phone: (661) 366-3074. E-mail: flutterflies@juno.com (Ken Davenport).
"Butterflies through Binoculars, The West: A Field Guide to Butterflies of Western North America" by Jeffrey Glassberg, President of North American Butterfly Association and editor of "American Butterflies." Copyright 2001 by Jeffrey Glassberg. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, New York. ISBN: 0-19-510669-5.
"...Organizations concerned with Butterflies:
The North American Butterfly Association (NABA) promotes public enjoyment, awareness, and conservation of butterflies and all aspects of recreational, non-consumptive butterflying, including field identification, butterfly gardening, and photography. NABA publishes a full-color magazine, 'American Butterflies;' a newsletter, 'Butterfly Gardening News;' has chapters throughout North America; and runs the annual NABA Fourth of July Butterfly Counts. These
one-day counts, held mainly in June and July (centered on the Fourth of July period), are growing rapidly. Currently almost 400 counts are conducted each year, at sites across North America. They are a fun-filled way to help monitor
butterfly populations, to learn about butterfly identification, and to meet other butterfliers.
NABA, 4 Delaware Rd., Morristown, NJ 07960
Web Site: www.naba.org
The Lepidopterists' Society is an international organization devoted to the scientific study of all lepidoptera. The Society publishes the 'Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society' as well as the 'News of the Lepidopterists' Society.'
Lepidopterists' Society, 1608 Presidio Way, Roseville, CA 95661
Web Site: www.furman.edu
The Xerces Society is an international organization dedicated to the global conservation of habitats for all invertebrates, including butterflies. The Society publishes 'Wings.'
Xerces Society, 4828 Southeast Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97215..."
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