Counting Butterflies today 13.09.2020 at Nanded City Pune.
Myself and my son Kushal decided to go on a Butterfly count today morning.
It was a cloudy day since morning but the Sun was peeping in between several times so we were sure that we would be able to get satisfactory sightings during the 30 minutes count.
We both left home around 10 am at were at the spot within 10 minutes where we observe Butterflies everytime. The Butterfly spot is located nearby the Mutha river which flows towards Pune City.
The habitat is mixture of farmland and scrubland with a stream.
We decided to start the count from 10:15 to 10:45 am.
The following Butterflies were spotted during 30 minute count-
Following butterflies were spotted after the 30 minute count
It was the first count for my son Kushal and he enjoyed and learnt a lot as he had to identify more species in a short time. Happy to see him getting more interested in observing and identifying butterflies.
Our show stopper of today's count was the Blue Mormon which came in the last minute but we couldn't click any photos of the beautiful Butterfly but were surprised to see it for the first time in the habitat that we visit regularly.
In one instance we observed the Great Eggfly driving away the Blue Mormon from its territory. at an height of approx 15 to 20 feet.
Sharing few photos of the count.
Happy Butterflying to all.
Pavan Damoor.
Butterflies of Pune.
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