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My field was alive today with the drab, weak-flying butterflies called Prairie Ringlets. Also flying was the first orange folded-winged Skipper of the year. Skippers are rather moth-like butterflies which populate the fields with such variety and such profusion that I have yet to tackle the challenge of learning them all. Easily identified Hawkweed opened its annual floral assault on the neighborhood, and the aptly named Indigo Bunting male could be seen, along the brushy margins that it loves, but not yet heard.

John