2008 Calendar of Events

The Carolina Butterfly Society sponsors a variety of activities during "butterfly season".  Each type is described below. Each activity is identified as to type on the left-most column of the listing.

Garden Walks (GW): A good way to get started. These leisurely walks to observe & identify butterflies usually take place at a public garden, park, or nature center.

Field Trips (FT): A trip with some sort of focus such as locating or photographing an uncommon or rare species or checking out a new interesting location.

Annual Foray (AF): A several day event to a region of the Carolinas that is poorly known. It will allow a more  in-depth coverage looking for special target species.

Scouting Trips (ST): Much like a field trip but very informal and is to a new or unproven site. The purpose is to investigate the area for potential as a future trip site.

NABA Counts (NABA): A one-day enumeration of butterflies that can be found in a designated 15-mile diameter circle. The results are compiled & published by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA). There is a $3/participant fee for these events payable to NABA to help defray the publishing costs.

Type	Date	Location	Leader/Contact (email & phone below)
FT	Sat Apr 5	Audubon's Wannamaker Preserve, SC	Dennis Burnette
FT	Sat Apr 19	Holly Shelter Game Land, NC	Harry Legrand
AF	May 9 - 11	Haywood County, NC	Harry Legrand
FT	Sat May 17	Wateree River Swamp area, SC	Marty Kastner
FT	Sat May 24	Francis Marion NF	Dennis Forsythe
NABA	Sat May 31	Iredell County	Jim Nottke
NABA	Sun Jun 1	Surry County	Jim Nottke
FT	Sun Jun 1	Cleveland Swamp, SC	Marty Kastner
NABA	Sat Jun 7	Weymouth Woods	Scott Hartley
FT	Sat Jun 21	Orangeburg County, SC
NABA	Thu Jun 26	Pettigrew	Scott Hartley
NABA	Sat Jun 28	Congaree National Park	Christina Hulslander
NABA	Sat Jul 5	Mecklenburg County Northeast Preserve	Laura Domingo
NABA	Sat Jul 12	Pee Dee NWR	Jules Fraytet
NABA	Sat Jul 19	North Augusta (Aiken County)	Lois Stacey
Other	Sat Aug 9	CBS Annual Butterfly Symposium, Durham, NC
NABA	Sun Aug 10	Durham, NC	Jeff Pippen
NABA	Sat Aug 23	Forsyth County	Jim Nottke
NABA	??? Aug	South Lake Norman
NABA	Sat Aug 30	Hobcaw Barony	Pat Sutton
NABA	Sun Aug 31	Francis Marion National Forest	Pat Sutton
FT	Sun Sep 7	Flat River Game Land, Durham NC	Brian Bockhahn
Other	Sat Sep 20	Bugfest at NC Museum of Natural Science, NC	http://www.bugfest.org/
FT	Sat Sep 27	Congaree Swamp, SC	Christina Hulslander
FT	Sat Oct 18	Sumter County, SC

Always contact the leader a few days prior for status/changes.