I actually noticed fireflies on the night of June 21! I had just finished telling our houseguests that it was too bad they weren't here in July when the fireflies make beautiful circular flights over our fields. It was the night before the "super moon" and as we walked out to look at it, the fireflies were already putting on such a display that we were enchanted.
On Jul 2, 2013, at 9:50 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal wrote: Today afternoon while I was seeing some awesome insects like Green Darners and Black Saddlebags and a Ixodontia wasp carrying long grass blades (7 to 8 inches long) to some location under my office window, I watched an adult Bald Eagle circle around in front of my office window for a few minutes before heading off towards Lab of O I presume! Finally, they are here. The Fireflies! About 30 + flying in the front and back yard. Till yesterday I had not seen them, so I was wondering if changes in the plant compositions changed the habitat for them. But no, I think they just were late in emerging this year. I went out to switch on moth lights, and was glad to observe fourth of July fireworks in the yard! I know Karen Edelstein posted seeing them a couple of weeks ago. Has anyone else seen them earlier this year? Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
