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eEeporter
June 15,2011
Monroe coach, player win N. Macon tourney
The North Macon Riverrats were the winners of the USAAA Under 7 Memorial Day
Bash Weekend Tournament held at North Macon Park May 28 & 29. The Riverrats
are coached by Keith Anthony, back row left, who is vice president and a commer
cial lender at the Farmers Bank in Forsyth. Colton McDonald of Bolingbroke, front
row, second from left, played outfield on the winning team. McDonald is the son of
Alison and Ronald McDonald and grandson of Shelly Shuman and Mike King of
Forsyth. In addition to the team trophy, team members each received a gold cham
pionship ring.
Lovett, team win
softball tourney
Flannah Lovett, a rising fourth
grader at K.B. Sutton and her
Mcdonough Mayhem 10-and-
under fast pitch softball team
won a tournament on June 11
in Pike County to become the
USSSA "C" Georgia State
Champs. Lovett was the catch
er for all 18 innings. She batted
6 for 8 including two doubles
and a triple. Lovett now travels
with the Mayhem to Gulf
Shores, Ala. to play in the USS
SA "C" World Series July 19-24.
Lovett is pictured with Mayhem
Coach Chuck Reyome.
Monroe County Outdoors
Jbin us on eKine 21 butterfly count
BY TERRY JOHNSON
18th Annual
f I ^Piedmont National
I Wildlife
I Refuge/Rum Creek
-M- Wildlife Manage
ment Area 4th of July Butter
fly Count will be held Tuesday,
June 21.
The count is sponsored
by North American
Butterfly Association
(NABA), U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Georgia
Nongame Wildlife Section
and The Environmental
Resource Network
(TERN). It will be one of
almost 500 counts held
this year in the United
States, Canada and
Mexico. These surveys
are designed to monitor
the health of butterfly
populations as well as
assess the impact of habi
tat changes and weather
on butterflies.
Originally all of the
counts were held on or
around the 4th of July. A
few years ago NABA
expanded the
count period to
encompass June
and July. At the
same time, they
added both
spring and fall
count periods.
Spring counts
are now conduct
ed from March
— April. The
fall count peri
od extends
from August - September.
Regardless of when a
count is held, each survey
is carried out during a sin
gle calendar day within a
clearly defined circle
measuring 15 miles in
diameter. The local count
circle encompasses the
Piedmont NWR, Rum
Creek WMA and a good
portion of western Jones
and eastern Monroe
Counties.
On count day teams of
volunteers scour the coun
tryside trying to find and
identify as many butter
flies as possible. Since
many butterflies have
very specific habitat
requirements, this
requires observers to visit
a variety of different habi
tats ranging from swamps,
woodlands, old fields to
backyard flower gardens.
This past year the 15
participants on the
Piedmont NWR/Rum
Creek WMA 4th of July
Count spotted
1,887 individual
butterflies repre
senting 61
species. In com
parison, during
the 2009 count 60
species and 1606
individuals were
tallied.
In 2010, the list
of the 10 butter
flies most often
seen represented
a broad spectrum
of species. The
title of the most
often butterfly tal
lied went to the
Pearl Crescent.
Some 366 of these
small, predomi
nantly black and
orange butterflies
were tallied. The remain
ing 9 spots on the list
were occupied by the
Carolina Satyr (279),
Sleepy Orange (180),
Common Buckeye (127),
Fiery Skipper (98),
Eastern Tailed-Blue (95),
Byssus Skipper,
and Horace’s
Duskywing (63).
The Eastern Tiger
Swallowtail and
Cloudless Sulphur
tied for 10th place
with 45 of each
being seen.
Locating and
identifying such a
wide variety of
butterflies is no
small task. As
such, observers have to
outfit themselves with
equipment that helps
them deal with thorny
Silver Spotted Skipper.
plants, the heat, as well
critters that bite and
sting. To that end they
carry and drink plenty of
water, wear light clothing
and douse themselves in
insect repellent.
An absolute necessity is
a pair of close-focusing
binoculars. These binocu
lars enable them to focus
on objects 5 feet or less
away. Each surveyor also
carries a butterfly field
guide. Even the experts
carry one. Last, but not
least, many folks also tote
a digital camera that they
use to photograph butter
flies that prove to be diffi
cult to identify. Later
these pictures are pulled
up on computers and
closely studied. If the per
son taking the picture is
still not sure what the
butterfly is, he or she
might even
share their
pictures with
other butter
fly enthusi
asts before a
final decision
is made. This
has really
reduced the
number of
butterflies
that are
misidenti-
fied.
If you are
interested in
participating
in the 2011
count, please
let me know
by Friday,
June 17.
There is a $3
participation fee. In addi
tion, although the teams
that will be surveying the
Piedmont NWR are full,
you will be able to join a
team that will be counting
butterflies in Monroe
County.
I hope that you will be
joining us this year. Make
no mistake about it: condi
tions will be hot and chal
lenging. However, if you
do take part you will have
a memorable experience.
Email Terry Johnson at
TJWoodDuck@aol.com
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