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Walk: Butterflies
July 10, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Led by Tom Gagnon
Meet at Cooke Ave. entrance
Join naturalist, birder, and butterfly enthusiast Tom Gagnon in search of the rare DION SKIPPER and other butterflies around Fitzgerald Lake. We will meet at the Cooke Ave. entrance (the Moose Lodge parking lot) and hike along Boggy Meadow Rd. to the dam, where grasses and wildflowers form good butterfly habitat. The Dion Skipper is on the list of rare or uncommon resident Massachusetts butterflies. It was found at Fitzgerald Lake a decade ago and has been spotted intermittently since then.
Close-focus binoculars will be a help, if you have them. Bug spray and water are a good idea. Please, no nets.
For more information contact Tom at 413-584-6353.
- North Farms Rd. entrance is off Bridge Rd., N. off Mountain St. or N. Maple St. in Florence.
- Cooke Avenue entrance is off Hatfield St., which runs behind the WalMart/Big Y shopping center, to the end of Cooke Avenue (former Moose Lodge). Park only on the right side.
- Coles Meadow Road entrance is on the eastern end of FLCA, about 0.7 miles from North King Street (Routes 5/10). Park carefully on the street.