Dedicated to the Preservation of Butterflies and their Host Plants in Orange County

Orange County N.A.B.A.

North American Butterfly Association - Orange County Chapter

Western Tiger Swallowtail The Orange County Chapter of NABA is dedicated to the preservation of butterflies and their host plants. Meetings are held at the Irvine Ranch Water District offices at 15600 Sand Canyon in Irvine at 7:00 pm.

The meetings are open to anyone and everyone interested in butterflies.
Butterfly Image Mourning Cloak Butterfly Image Butterfly Image Monarch
 Upcoming Events

OC NABA BLOG http://ocnaba.blogspot.com/

NABA "4th of JULY" Butterfly COUNT
Sunday, July 5th - O'Neill Regional Park. Meet at entrance in parking lot (right side). No parking fee for Butterfly Count participants.

OC NABA NEWS
Spring 2009 OCNABA Newsletter

OC NABA Field Trips:

Hermes Copper

Hermes Copper Field Trip
May 30, 2009 - 7:00 am
Meet at Wendy's Restaurant
24761 Alicia Pkwy, Laguna Hills, CA 92653

For information on field trips and the Orange County Chapter of NABA read our Newsletter

or contact

Witness Monarchs locally at the newly restored Gibbs Park in Huntington Beach, California. For more information on the park and the restoration program contact Leslie or visit http://www.stockteam.com/hbgibbs.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Meetings

Orange County NABA meetings
January 22, April 23, July 23, and October 22, 2009
Held on the fourth Thursday during the Months of January, April, July, October.
Irvine Ranch Water District Main Office located on the east side of Sand Canyon Avenue at the corner of Water Works and Sand Canyon.

OC NABA meets at 7:00 pm in the Irvine Ranch Water District offices at 15600 Sand Canyon in Irvine, California. (The meetings are held in one of the conference rooms located on the lower level west wing.)

The meetings are open to anyone and everyone interested in butterflies.

Newsletters

Summer 2009
Spring 2009
Summer 2008
Spring 2008

Butterfly Counts
NABA 4th of July Butterfly Counts are conducted annually to census butterflies of North America. All are welcome to participate.

Butterfly Count 2007
Riley Park:
Western Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Western Pygmy Blue - 3
Mormon Metalmark - 7
California Ringlet - 2

Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy
Cabbage White - 4
Gray Hairstreak - 1
Gold Hunters Hairstreak - 1
Marine Blue - 1
Bernardino Sq. Spotted Blue - 4 Acmon Blue - 4
Mormon Metalmark - 104
Mourning Cloak - 1
California Ringlet - 27
Funereal Duskywing - 5
Rural Skipper - 2

O'Neill Park
Cabbage White - 2
Mourning Cloak - 1
California Sister - 1
Funereal Duskywing - 2

Butterfly Counts from the Upper Newport Bay area.
2007 Butterfly Count
and Yearly Graph