June 22 - Lambs Canyon (road)

 Sunny and 67 degrees when I arrived at the trailhead. The trail is closed thru 7/8 for fire mitigation and from what I read on Alltrails, at about 1.5 mile mark (which is pretty close to the end), there are several large trees down making the trail pretty much impassable.

I was hoping to walk at least to the first switchback (< 1/4 mile) but that leaves the road and I can tell when I pulled into the parking lot, there are butterflies flying (and in the mud) unlike last week.

I walked about 0.2 miles downhill checking out mostly the wet/muddy areas alongside the road. And it was an awesome day!!

Four species of yellow Swallowtails in flight! Found a 2-band Skipper and the Sleepy/Dreamy Duskywing pair.

Quite a mix of still early season flyers (which are late because of the record snowfall) and June flyers. Noticeably absent is the Weidemeyers Admiral - usually flying in early June...it start any day now.

Here's the amazing list:

Anise Swallowtail (1) (w/ a Pale Swallowtail)

Western Tiger Swallowtail

2-Tailed Swallowtail

Pale Swallowtails (3)

Mourning Cloak

Milberts Tortoiseshell (1)

CA Tortoiseshell

Green Comma (1)

Northern Crescent (1)

Spring Azure (still dominant)

Western Tailed Blue

2 Banded Skipper (1)

Orangetips (all males)

Rocky Mt Duskywing

Sleepy Duskywing

Dreamy Duskywing

Northern Cloudywing

Mexican Cloudywing (I think it appeared much smaller than the others. It is on the species list here but I can find a photo to confirm an ID)

Painted Lady

West Coast Lady (1 - surprise, I don't see many of these)

Red Admiral (1 - 2nd one in two days -- I don't see many of these either)

Awesome day!