Sighting for July 31, 2022
Joyce Cloughly
Assunpink Wildlife Management Area, from the boat launch to the dam along The Big Dive road
Monmouth County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 8
- Clouded Sulphur 16
- Orange Sulphur 20
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Eastern Comma 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 12
- Silver-spotted Skipper 3
- Peck's Skipper 1
Partridge Pea
Field
11AM - 4 PM. Went from partly sunny to overcast. In the eighties. I "discovered" a vast field of some 100 acres consisting entirely of Cosmos and Partridge Peas (plus some corn, sorghum and oats from plantings of years gone by). A truly amazing sight. To find this field, turn right upon exiting the boat launch parking area and make a quick right onto an unnamed gravel road identified as The Big Dive on Google Maps. In two-tenths of a mile park at a pullover on the left and walk past the metal gates. Continue walking to the bend to view the entire field of flowers.