Orange County N.A.B.A.
North American Butterfly Association - Orange County Chapter
The
Orange County Chapter of NABA is dedicated to the preservation of
butterflies and their host plants. Meetings are held on the fourth Thursday during
the months of January, April, July, and October at the Irvine Ranch Water District
offices at 15600 Sand Canyon in Irvine at 7:00 pm. Orange County NABA meetings are open to anyone and everyone interested in butterflies.
Please see our Spring 2012 Newsletter for updates on Orange County butterfly sightings, news, field trips and Orange County Chapter of NABA meetings.
2012 4th of July Butterfly Counts
The Orange County Chapter of NABA will be conducting Butterfly Counts in Orange County. check in late spring for details.
For a last minute field trip updates contact Gary at 949-218-7575
Butterfly Sightings and News: Senna (Cloudless) Sulphurs and Cabbage Whites continued to fly into December and even January as observed on warm sunny days in Lakewood, California, along with an occasional Monarch. Several Gulf Frittilaries were also observed in this area especially around Passion Vine, its larva host and a butterfly which seems to fly nearly year-around. Most of our swallowtail species had finished their final flights by early November. Three Echo (Spring Azures) Blues and a Common Gray Hairstreak were observed hilltopping on Sugarloaf Peak at an Elevation of 3227 off the San Juan Trail in the Santa Ana Mountains on Jan 2, 2012 on a very warm day which is early for these species.
OC NABA BLOG http://ocnaba.blogspot.com/
Environmental Nature Center
You will find 15 representative Ecological Habitats of California, a Discovery
Room packed with neat things to touch and investigate, Nature Camp in the Summer,
and a quiet place to sit and enjoy Life on your lunch hour. Browse through the ENC
web site to learn about some of the programs, events and Butterfly
House.
OC NABA MEETINGS: This years meetings will be held on January 26, April 26, July 27, and October 25, 2012 at the Irvine Ranch Water District Main Office located at 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine, CA. The IRWD is located at the intersection of Water Works and Sand Canyon, in the City of Irvine. The meetings are held in one of the conference rooms located on the lower level west wing.
Meetings are help on the 4th Thursday of the month during January, April, July, October.
The meetings are open to anyone and everyone interested in butterflies.
Newsletters
Spring 2012
Spring 2011
Spring 2010
Fall 2009
Summer 2009
Spring 2009
Summer 2008
Spring 2008
The NABA Butterfly Count is a census of the butterflies of North America (United States, Canada and partially Mexico) The results are then published . Volunteer participants select a count area with a 15-mile diameter and conduct a one-day census of all butterflies sighted within that circle. All are welcome to participate.
O'Neill Regional Park 2009
Western Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Pale Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 34
Checkered White - 6
Cloudless Sulfur 1
Square Spotted Blue 4
Dotted Blue - 2
Acmon Blue 5
Common Buckeye - 2
Lorquin's Admiral - 1
Monarch 1
Great Basin Wood Nymph - 1 Northern White Skipper - 2 Funereal Duskywing - 10
Fiery Skipper - 4
Rural Skipper - 1
Umber Skipper - 1
Woodland Skipper - 3
Trabuco/Holly Jim Canyon 2009
Pale Swallowtail 1
Cabbage White 10
Western Tiger Swallowtail 3
Marine Blue 4
California Dogface 3
Upper Newport Bay Area - 2009
Western Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Giant Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 19
Monarch - 1
Mourning Cloak - 13
Acmon Blue - 1
Sylvan Hairstreak - 5
Common Hairstreak - 2
Funereal Duskywing - 3
Fiery Skipper - 16
Wandering Skipper - 1
Upper Newport Bay 2009 Yearly
Graph
Past 4th of July Butterfly Counts
Butterfly Count 2007