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Rhode Islanders help out in annual national butterfly count

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Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski

Kim Calcagno, left, manager of the R.I. Audubon Society's Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge in Smithfield, Joy Michel of Attleboro and Marion Fisher of North Providence search for a butterfly during Saturday's North American Butterfly Association annual Butterfly Count.


The rain and muggy weather didn't stop amateur butterfly lovers and naturalists from the Rhode Island Audubon Society from helping out with the 10th annual North American Butterfly Associatiion Butterfly Count Saturday.

In addition to helping gain an idea of the butterfly population, participants also learned butterfly identification and ecology at seven sites in Rhode Island.


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