Eight volunteers participated this morning, which began frosty but quickly warmed under mostly sunny conditions. While many butterflies spread their wings to help focus solar rays on their flight muscles, a few never bask that way. The sulphurs are a good example; the Dainty Sulphur shown below always keeps its wings closed and simply turns broadside to the sun. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: hoarfrost on leaf photo by Val Bugh Copestylum avidum (flower fly with aphid) photo by Dvori Bird Anacampsis levipedella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Battaristis concinusella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana (filigreed moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrgus communis/albescens (common/white checkered-skipper) photo by Val Bugh Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) photo by Dvori Bird Nathalis iole (dainty sulphur) photo by Val Bugh Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent) photo by Barbara Ribble Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) photo by Val Bugh Mecaphesa sp. (crab spider eating red admiral) photo by Val Bugh Enicospilus sp. (ichneumon) photo by Val Bugh Arphia sp. (band-winged grasshopper nymph) photo by Barbara Ribble Ceuthophilus sp. (camel cricket) photo by Val Bugh Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal) photo by Dvori Bird Spizella pusilla (field sparrow) photo by Barbara Ribble Melospiza lincolnii (Lincoln's sparrow) photo by Barbara Ribble Ardea alba (great egret) photo by Barbara Ribble Birds: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Woodhouse's Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fresh tracks Amphibians: Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) tadpoles Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula) Misc.: Julid Millipede (Aniulus sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa virginiensis   American Lady       Polygonia interrogationis   Question Mark       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Callophrys henrici   Henry's Elfin    pieridae   Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    papilionidae   Papilio polyxenes   Black Swallowtail       Battus philenor   Pipevine Swallowtail    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Chioides albofasciatus   White-striped Longtail    crambidae   Uresiphita reversalis   Genista Caterpillar (larva)    tortricidae   Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana   Filigreed Moth    lacturidae   Lactura sp.   Moth    gelechiidae   Anacampsis levipedella   Moth       Battaristis concinusella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Hippodamia convergens   Convergent Lady Beetle    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala declivis   Coreid Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Graphocephala versuta   Leafhopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid    monophlebidae   Icerya purchasi   Cottony Cushion Scale hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee    megachilidae   Osmia ribifloris   Mason Bee    ichneumonidae   Enicospilus sp.   Ichneumon diptera   syrphidae   Copestylum avidum   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Unknown sp.   Tachinid Fly    tipulidae   Tipula sp.   Crane Fly    cecidomyiidae   Walshomyia sabinae   Gall Midge (larva in gall) orthoptera   acrididae   Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Eritettix abortivus   Texas Short-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (adult & nymph)       Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)       Encoptolophus costalis   Dusky Grasshopper       Arphia sp.   Band-winged Grasshopper (nymph)    gryllidae   Gryllus sp.   Field Cricket (nymph)    rhaphidophoridae   Ceuthophilus sp.   Camel Cricket mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina mantis (eggs) neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing araneae   araneidae   Cyclosa turbinata   Trashline Orbweaver    uloboridae   Uloborus glomosus   Feather-legged Orbweaver    lycosidae   Schizocosa sp.   Wolf Spider       Rabidosa rabida   Rabid Wolf Spider    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider