We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.
Last week we parked at the start of the Cook Bay Road at the foot of Mt. Davies and hiked to Bobs Lake campsite to see how busy it was on a perfect late summer day. It was no surprise to find it as quiet as usual with no campers there to disturb the tranquility of the lake. From there it was on along the road around the east side of the lake and then up the steep winding trail through the woods to the top of Mt. Flicker for lunch. The spectacular panoramic view extends to the Vancouver Island Mountains with a glimpse of Twin Peaks and Mt. Shepherd through trees on our left. The route back swung around the north side of the lake, through the forest for a while and along the gas line right of way, then west on old logging roads and back to the vehicles. On this last part of the hike I spotted and managed to photograph a checkered brown butterfly that I felt must be one of the fritillaries. It took a fair amount of study to put a name to it when I got back home as there are so many different species and subspecies in this group of butterflies. I'm pretty sure it's a Hydaspe Fritillary a species found quite widely in the Pacific Northwest.
JD.
A Hydaspe Fritillary butterfly feeding on a thistle near Bobs Lake. Speyeria hydaspe. 
No comments:
Post a Comment