Yesterday - I counted more than 100 California Tortoiseshells flying up Claremont Canyon (in the hills on the Berkeley/Oakland border).  They were very focused on where they were going; no possibility of me getting a photo. The species is known for periodic big migrations.

Kay Loughman
Berkeley

 

The one in my backyard was either a Painted Lady or the Tortoiseshell. We’ve had large numbers of Painted Ladies in the east bay before.

> On Mar 29, 2018, at 10:50 AM, Kathryn Spence kathrynspence@... [EBB_Sightings] wrote:
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> Yesterday between 4-6 p.m. I counted 267 orange butterflies flying north over my Moraga house.They looked like California Tortoiseshells but they were pretty high and didn’t stop, so I am not positive.
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> It’s going on again now!
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> Also, our first Hooded Oriole and Selasphorus hummingbird of the season arrived today.
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> Kathryn Spence
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