18’c part sun part cloud. Mud puddling on double-track backroad near stream. I’ve never seen a lucia and it doesn’t look like any images in my id books but it doesn’t look like the one echo azure I’ve seen either, and it does look a lot like some of the iNat reference pics so I’m going with iNat suggestion for now. We saw a total of three blues throughout our walk today but this was the only one that I was able to get a decent pic of
Also seen flying were several (~6+ each) Red Admirals and Azure blues (species?). One quick fly-by of a white butterfly (Cabbage White?) as well.
Feeding on mud and bird poo (about ten seen in area)