Cape May - Terns, Butterflies, and Dragonflies

While visiting family in Philadelphia, I managed a day trip to Cape May. I was about a week early for warbler, song bird, and hawk migration. But in places I felt like I was in the middle of a butterfly garden. And ... in a continuing expansion of subject and interest, dragonflies captured my focus. Here is a sampling of images from the day ...

Terns, oystercatchers, and skimmers were gathered along the beaches near the conservancy. A particular delight were the Royal Terns ...

Royal Tern

American Oystercatcher

A dozen species of butterflies were tallied. The most stunning was this Red-spotted Purple ...

Red-spotted Purple

I am a novice with dragonflies, so please let me know if you disagree with the IDs on the following ...

Common Whitetail

Twelve-Spotted Skimmer

Swamp Darner

Swamp Darner

Good everything!!