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| Clouded Sulphur |
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| Autumn Meadowhawk |
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| Green-winged Teal |
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| Green-winged Teal |
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| Heinz NWR - Philadelphia Airport in background |
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| Carolina Wren |
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| Carolina Wren |
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| Question Mark |
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| Gadwall |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
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| Carolina Chickadee |
Showing posts with label Clouded Sulphur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clouded Sulphur. Show all posts
Monday, November 14, 2016
November at Heinz NWR
Last Friday was another delightful late Fall day, which once again challenged my prejudice that November is the Blah-Month. Lots of waterfowl, and even a few small things-with-wings ...
Good Birding!
Friday, June 19, 2015
Butterfly Magic
I was aAt Victory Bog in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom last week in the mid to late afternoon. The birds were generally quiet, but the butterflies were magnificent.
Tiger Swallowtails are so common that they almost ignored as just an expected part of the landscape. But on this day, the Tiger Swallowtails (probably Canadian) were flying in profuse numbers, and congregating around damp spots in roads and along roadsides. The fluttering presence, the sudden burst of dozens into flight, and the resettling on the ground again, was breathtaking ... beautiful, magical, inducing wonder.
A similar phenomenon occurred with Northern Crescents. They are much smaller than the swallowtails. They could almost have been overlooked, until we stood still. Then we saw them gathering, like so many sprites ...
Yet another tiny piece of imagination are the Spring Azures, tiny pieces of blue sky sprinkled here and there ...
From previous meanderings in the last couple weeks is the Green Comma (Somerset Town, Green Mountain NF) and Mourning Cloak (Rutland Marsh) ...
... and in my own backyard, Clouded Sulphur ...
Tiger Swallowtails are so common that they almost ignored as just an expected part of the landscape. But on this day, the Tiger Swallowtails (probably Canadian) were flying in profuse numbers, and congregating around damp spots in roads and along roadsides. The fluttering presence, the sudden burst of dozens into flight, and the resettling on the ground again, was breathtaking ... beautiful, magical, inducing wonder.
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| (Canadian) Tiger Swallowtail |
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| (Canadian) Tiger Swallowtail |
A similar phenomenon occurred with Northern Crescents. They are much smaller than the swallowtails. They could almost have been overlooked, until we stood still. Then we saw them gathering, like so many sprites ...
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| Northern Crescent |
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| Northern Crescent |
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| Northern Crescent |
Yet another tiny piece of imagination are the Spring Azures, tiny pieces of blue sky sprinkled here and there ...
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| Spring Azure |
From previous meanderings in the last couple weeks is the Green Comma (Somerset Town, Green Mountain NF) and Mourning Cloak (Rutland Marsh) ...
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| Green Comma |
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| Mourning Cloak |
... and in my own backyard, Clouded Sulphur ...
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| Clouded Sulphur |
Sunday, August 19, 2012
More Butterfly Garden
From the Kaufman Guide on Butterflies" "the first sighting of [a Giant Swallowtail] never fails to dazzle the observer."
That was certainly the case when this Giant Swallowtail (uncommon in southern Vermont) appeared in the garden ...
Near the other end of the size scale, the garden has attracted Clouded Sulphur, Pearl Crescent, Common Wood-Nymph, and Common Ringlet.
(Parenthetically, butterflies are still quite new to me, so some IDs are tentative. Please help out with misidentifications or tentative IDs.)
That was certainly the case when this Giant Swallowtail (uncommon in southern Vermont) appeared in the garden ...
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| Giant Swallowtail |
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| Giant Swallowtail |
(Parenthetically, butterflies are still quite new to me, so some IDs are tentative. Please help out with misidentifications or tentative IDs.)
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| Clouded Sulphur |
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| Clouded Sulphur |
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| Pearl Crescent |
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| Common Wood-Nymph - (?) |
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| Common Ringlet |
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