With the prolonged heat wave, butterfly sightings seem to fluctuate, but we had a good morning yesterday, with a first-of-the-season (for us) Gray Hairstreak (above) sharing some Coreopsis with two Pearl Crescents. Also had a Viceroy and a Clear-winged Moth, plus assorted skippers and Cabbage Whites.

We are hoping to have some good butterflies on Sunday for Butterfly Day.

Click here for more on the schedule for this free, family-friendly event brought to you by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, Bergen Country Audubon Society, and the Northern New Jersey chapter of the North American Butterfly Association.