North American Butterfly Association-San Diego's Boletim

15 de março de 2024

2024 Butterfly Counts

Hello, Butterfly Counters,

We're gearing up for three butterfly counts in the next few months.
They are*:

-April 13th, Hector (valtierra@live.com), North American Butterfly Association-San Diego

-May 4th (tentative), Jonathan (greencityheights@gmail.com), North American Butterfly Association-Hilltop Community Park

-July 27th, Jill (jilllingnell@hotmail.com); North American Butterfly Association-San Diego-Coast

You can find the above circles on this iNat page:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/southern-california-butterfly-project

Southern California Butterfly Project
North American Butterfly Association surveys being conducted in Southern California. ************************************************ California iNat Butterflies: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/butterflies-of-california
www.inaturalist.org

If anyone is interested in joining my group, please contact me by 20 March so I can start forming teams.
If you are not interested in joining, simply do nothing and I will not contact you again. Likewise, please contact
the other two lead-butterfly coordinators if you are interested in joining their groups. You're welcome to
join one, two, or all three counts.

If you are planning on joining my team, please let me know which area would like to do or if you would
like to stay in the same area as last year:
https://arcg.is/SnimT

Anyone is welcome, so feel free to forward this e-mail to someone who may be interested.

h.

Hector Valtierra,
valtierra@live.com
Facebook: Radio Wilderness
Instagram: radiowilderness
iNaturalist: Biohexx1

*pending good weather

Posted on 15 de março de 2024, 03:27 AM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

13 de junho de 2023

Natural Sightings: Beauty on beauty.

Due to the large surface area of their three to four-inch long wings, Tiger Swallowtails seem to need less active wing flapping to achieve flight, and you can often see them appearing to glide through the air, wings held in a V-shape with only an occasional quick wing beat.

https://www.tehachapinews.com/lifestyle/natural-sightings-beauty-on-beauty/article_5b1aedea-0959-11ee-a106-7bf19f0f1f91.html

Posted on 13 de junho de 2023, 06:33 PM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

17 de abril de 2021

Deadly virus in rabbits threatens to upend some Western ecosystems.

Since March of last year, government labs have confirmed cases across the West, with the epicenter in the Southwest and Southern California.

https://amp.desertsun.com/amp/7207466002

Posted on 17 de abril de 2021, 10:27 AM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

16 de abril de 2021

10% Bleach

We should all be aware of the current situation around the recent occurrences and transmission of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 (RHDV2) around San Diego County.

The RDHV2 virus is a fatal virus that affects rabbits and doesn't show very readily when a dead rabbit has died from infection.

At this point it has been detected in counties north of us in past months and most recently has made its way down as south as the Rancho Jamul Ecological reserve confirmed by samples submitted by state personnel.

While we can't stop this virus in its tracks given the broad scope of the public that hits the public trails every day, we can help arrest movement of this virus whenever we get on trails and go to novel areas that the public doesn't in execution of our activities.

The virus is known to be easily transmissible by encountering expired carcasses affected by this disease where the disease can transmit on the soles of your shoes and potentially picking it up from the environment if shed from a nearby infected specimen.

I would like to ask that everyone joining Saturday for the NABA butterfly survey work with their group leader to prepare a 10% bleach solution (1 part bleach to 10 parts water) in a spray bottle to use on their shoes, pants (below their knees), and in the wheel well of their vehicles to inactivate the virus to prevent transmission to new areas as they move around and survey new places.

A likely scenario for how this could play out is

You mix up your 10% bleach solution
before heading out to your field site you spray down your boots and lower part of your pants along with your wheel well
Once you get to your field site you start your excursion
After finishing your NABA sampling before getting into your vehicle you spray your boots down once again and pants along with your wheel well
Repeat steps 3 & 4 if visiting another field site
At the end of the day before heading home, spray down one last time in all the locations previously mentioned to prevent transmission back to rabbit inhabiting areas near where you live.
If you have any questions about this feel free to reach out to me for further clarification. Here is a quick link that has additional information about the disease and its transmission/threat. According to information widely available, the virus is not known to be transmissible to humans. If on your journey you come across a dead rabbit take excessive precaution to stay away and quarantine your clothes until they can be effectively cleaned to prevent transmission.

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV2) | Department of Agriculture (colorado.gov)

Thanks and have fun out there!

Dwane Binns Jr
Refuge Manager
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
San Diego NWR | National Wildlife Refuges | Legacy Region 8

Posted on 16 de abril de 2021, 10:28 AM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

07 de abril de 2021

Map & Teams

Hi everyone!

I sent an e-mail yesterday evening with information (including an optional Zoom meeting) on the Butterfly Count. E-mail me if you did not receive it: valtierra@live.com


Map page:
https://arcg.is/SnimT


TEAMS

Red Stars

@chrysaetos
@dhosa
Meet at Deputy Lonnie G. Brewer County Park at 9:30am


Black Diamonds

@jonnysperling
@jspaulding
Meet at Sweetwater Reservoir at 9:30am
Notes: ($3 day-use fee) at Sweetwater Reservoir


Green Diamonds

@finatic
@obmissy
@mhrains
Meet at Proctor Valley Trailhead (32.693760, -116.3902781) at 9:30am
Notes: Otay Lakes (south); (day-use fee)


Blue Squares (meet with Park Ranger Nancy V. Fernandez at 9:30am @ 32.729538, -116.939876)

@findmeoutside
@milliebasden
@docprt
@marzduffy
Meet at San Diego National Wildlife Refuge (32.729538, -116.939876) at 9:30am


Yellow stars:

@sandiegomike (possibly @xranger2013 may join)
Meet at Mother Miguel Mountain Trailhead at 9:30am


Purple Circles

@johnmartin
@clmukai
@chtorres108
@carecumber
@christina_c
Meet at Bonita Meadows at 9:30am


Red Target Circles

@biohexx1

Posted on 07 de abril de 2021, 12:26 PM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 5 comentários | Deixar um comentário

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