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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Scenic delights- Jos Stratford
- Post #59
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
2 July. Mount Aragats & Ranchpar Fish Pools. Final day in Armenia. Classic birding on Mount Aragats - kicked off with a pair of Western Rock Nuthatches on a rocky gorge above Byurakan, then resumed the hunt for Radde's Accentor in the juniper zone a few kilometres up. No shortage of quality...- Jos Stratford
- Post #58
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
A selection of others- Jos Stratford
- Post #57
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Gavarnie Blues- Jos Stratford
- Post #56
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
1 July. Arakelots Beech Forest & Janjur Pass. Peered out of the window at 7.00 am, half expected cloud and rain. But no, blue sky and a samamisicus Common Redstart singing its heart out. Wasted no time, departed and drove the hour or so to Arakelots, amazingly still sunny on arrival. On the...- Jos Stratford
- Post #55
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Only if you damaged it so badly that it needed a new paint job 🙂- Jos Stratford
- Post #53
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Tiny portion of the puddling mass ...how many species in this shot?- Jos Stratford
- Post #51
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Some of the day's butterflies...- Jos Stratford
- Post #50
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
A bit delayed in finishing this report, apologies 30 June. Mount Gnishik, Noravank & Vardenyats Pass. Lada Niva came into its own, snaking its way up a rough rocky track to 2200 metres altitude. This is Caspian Snowcock territory, the high meadows above on all sides home to these elusive...- Jos Stratford
- Post #49
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
I intend to visit again next year, am thinking early spring and perhaps summer again, but also the south. Temperatures were fairly moderate, 20-30 C, largely because I was at altitude most of the time. Was hotter in the lowlands west of Yerevan, but I was only briefly in this area.- Jos Stratford
- Post #48
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
A mix of others from the day- Jos Stratford
- Post #46
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Bowden's White ... high altitude specialist- Jos Stratford
- Post #45
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
29 June. Mount Aragats & Yerevan Botanical Garden. Today's mission was high altitude, task to track down Bowden's White. Failed yet again on a quick check for Radde's Accentor in the juniper zone, thereafter arrived in the Alpine meadows beneath Lake Kiri at about 10.00 am, gloriously bathed in...- Jos Stratford
- Post #44
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
And Armenian Viper ...- Jos Stratford
- Post #43
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Others from the Amberd Valley ...- Jos Stratford
- Post #42
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Amberd Valley blues ...- Jos Stratford
- Post #41
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
28 June. Amberd Valley & Mount Aragats. Juniper zone on the southern flanks of Mount Aragats, dawn attempt on Radde's Accentor. In a shallow boulder-strewn valley, I began my wanders, Red-backed Shrikes dotting small bushes, Rock Buntings and Black-headed Buntings singing all over, one pair of...- Jos Stratford
- Post #40
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
27 June. Jajur Pass. Sunny at dawn, but not very promising skies. Had toyed with returning to Arakelots, but clouds over the hills dissuaded me of that idea, so instead headed ninety minutes west to the 1945 m altitude Jajur Pass. An area of fantastic habitat, high steppe grasslands stretch...- Jos Stratford
- Post #37
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Rainy day butterflies at Arakelots, note the very dark morph of Knapweed:- Jos Stratford
- Post #36
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Would be nice if only 50 vying for attention 🙂 At many locations, the puddling masses of butterflies numbered in the many hundreds, thousands over extended damp patches. Probably did overlook some species in these groups, but basically just slowly sifted through the groups picking out the...- Jos Stratford
- Post #35
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
26 June. Arakelots Beech Forest. Heavy overnight rain, no real let up at daybreak - wet, windy and not very warm. Plan for this day had been to explore some areas of steppe on the eastern shore of Lake Sevan …but with the weather absolutely not conducive to finding butterflies, I decided...- Jos Stratford
- Post #33
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Indeed, very often other butterflies got in the way when trying to photograph any particular individual 👍- Jos Stratford
- Post #32
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
A small indication of the abundance ... one tiny little fragment of a puddling group. Was like this in all damp areas. https://photos.app.goo.gl/d7pRcNWJu9t8K5T99- Jos Stratford
- Post #30
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Butterflies of Armenia, June-July 2022
Nettle-tree Butterfly- Jos Stratford
- Post #29
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports