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How to Spot Butterflies

presented by Pat Sutton

2019-08-19 18:00:00 2019-08-19 19:30:00 America/New_York How to Spot Butterflies Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Monday, August 19
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2019-08-19 18:00:00 2019-08-19 19:30:00 America/New_York How to Spot Butterflies . Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Cape May Court House

Storytime Room

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Pat Sutton (naturalist, wildlife gardener, and author) will present a program relating her fascination with butterflies and convey the excitement of searching for, studying, enjoying, and attracting these winged jewels    just as she and her husband did in their book by the same title.  She will uncover mysteries about their life cycle, relationships to the plant world, odd behaviors, survival in a world filled with hungry predators, the spectacular migration of some species, and the restricted ranges of others.  Field identification can often be enabled by understanding all these aspects of a butterfly’s annual life cycle.  She will share some of the butterfly watching adventures she and her husband Clay have enjoyed on their home turf at Cape May and throughout southern New Jersey and afar – an Arctic wilderness trip in northern Alaska, a winter trip to THE Monarch roost in Mexico, butterflying in the tropics, and more.

Pat Sutton has keenly studied the natural world for over 40 years (as the naturalist at the Cape May Point State Park in the 1970s and 1980s and for 21 years, until 2007, as the naturalist and program director at the Cape May Bird Observatory). Pat has an undergraduate degree in Literature and a Masters Degree in Environmental Education.  She and her husband (Clay Sutton) wrote the landmark book, Birds and Birding at Cape May (2006), the in-depth result of their efforts over many years documenting and protecting the migration and the Cape May area that they so love. Other books by Pat and Clay include How to Spot Butterflies (1999), How to Spot Hawks & Eagles (1996), and How to Spot an Owl (1994). Today Pat is a free-lance writer, naturalist, educator, lecturer, and wildlife habitat / conservation gardening champion. Her own wildlife garden is a teaching garden included on many tours and featured in programs and workshops she teaches.  For more information go to Pat and Clay’s website: www.patsuttonwildlifegarden.com

AGE GROUP: | 18 or older |

EVENT TYPE: | Natural History |

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Cape May Court House

Phone: 609-463-6350

Hours

Cape May Court House

Mon, Mar 25 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Mar 26 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Mar 27 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Mar 28 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Mar 29 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Sat, Mar 30 9:00AM to 4:30PM
Sun, Mar 31 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming events

Fri, Mar 29, All day
Cape May Court House

Sat, Mar 30, 9:30am - 10:30am
Lower Township - Public Meeting Room

Sat, Mar 30, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lower Township - Joseph Millman Room

Sun, Mar 31, All day
Cape May Court House

Mon, Apr 01, 9:15am - 10:15am
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Mon, Apr 01, 10:00am - 10:30am
Lower Township - Joseph Millman Room

Mon, Apr 01, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Lower Township - Public Meeting Room

Mon, Apr 01, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Cape May Court House - Teen Area

Mon, Apr 01, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Cape May Court House - Children's Room

Mon, Apr 01, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Stone Harbor - Events Room

Mon, Apr 01, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Tue, Apr 02, 10:00am - 10:30am
Upper Township - Events Room

Tue, Apr 02, 10:00am - 10:30am
Stone Harbor - Events Room

Tue, Apr 02, 10:00am - 11:00am
Sea Isle City - Public Meeting Room

Rescheduled
Tue, Apr 02, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
New date Thursday, April 11, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Stone Harbor

Tue, Apr 02, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Lower Township - Public Meeting Room
Registration is now closed

Tue, Apr 02, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Cape May Court House - Presentation Room
Registration is now closed

Tue, Apr 02, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Tue, Apr 02, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cape May Court House - Presentation Room

Tue, Apr 02, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Cape May Court House - TLC Makerspace

Wed, Apr 03, 9:00am - 10:00am
CMCL Online - Zoom

Wed, Apr 03, 9:15am - 10:15am
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Wed, Apr 03, 9:15am - 10:15am
Upper Township - Events Room

Wed, Apr 03, 9:30am - 4:00pm
Stone Harbor - Events Room
This event is full

Wed, Apr 03, 10:00am - 11:00am
Lower Township - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Apr 03, 10:00am - 10:30am
Sea Isle City - Children's Room

Wed, Apr 03, 10:00am - 11:30am
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Wed, Apr 03, 10:30am - 11:30am
Cape May City - Children's Room

Wed, Apr 03, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Cape May Court House - Presentation Room
This event is full

Wed, Apr 03, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Lower Township - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Apr 03, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Lower Township - Joseph Millman Room

Wed, Apr 03, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Sea Isle City - Public Meeting Room

Wed, Apr 03, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Cape May Court House - Children's Room

Wed, Apr 03, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Wed, Apr 03, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Cape May Court House - Presentation Room

Wed, Apr 03, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Thu, Apr 04, 10:00am - 10:45am
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room

Thu, Apr 04, 10:00am - 10:30am
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Canceled
Thu, Apr 04, 10:00am - 11:00am
Sea Isle City

Thu, Apr 04, 10:00am - 11:00am
Sea Isle City - Public Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 04, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Lower Township - Public Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 04, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Thu, Apr 04, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Lower Township - Public Meeting Room
Registration is now closed

Thu, Apr 04, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Cape May Court House - Teen Area

Thu, Apr 04, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Upper Township - Events Room

Thu, Apr 04, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Lower Township - Public Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 04, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cape May Court House - Presentation Room
Registration is now closed

Thu, Apr 04, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Cape May Court House - TLC Makerspace

Thu, Apr 04, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
CMCL Online - Google Meet

Fri, Apr 05, 9:15am - 10:15am
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Fri, Apr 05, 9:30am - 10:30am
Stone Harbor - Events Room

Fri, Apr 05, 10:00am - 11:00am
Sea Isle City - Public Meeting Room

Fri, Apr 05, 10:00am - 11:00am
Cape May City

Fri, Apr 05, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room

Fri, Apr 05, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Cape May Court House - Presentation Room

Fri, Apr 05, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Lower Township - Public Meeting Room