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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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Released this female black swallowtail on Thursday after it eclosed. I found it as a caterpillar in June as it was munching on some parsley that was about to seed. I found another egg and caterpillar on the parsley today along with a bunch more monarch eggs and cats on milkweeds! How exciting!
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Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
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#43 |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I should spend more time out in my yard---especially late in the day; aside from what is pictured, I saw a glimpse of what I think was a Baltimore oriole flying toward my blueberry bushes. It made an about face when it spotted me and disappeared behind the barn.
I was taking pictures of flowers and spotted some movement in the shadows: the butterfly in the first three pics. Then I spotted several bees and another buttefly. IDs are welcome. |
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#44 |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Here are the others I spotted this evening.
I think the ant on the jewelweed ruined my shot of the bumblebee (the blur in the lower left). I was getting ready to snap the shot when the bumblebee seemed to immediately abandon the idea of entering the flower when seeing the ant inside...but, I included the photo anyway...because it is the only thing "flying around" that was actually in flight in my pictures. |
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#45 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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#46 |
WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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Nice photos swamp thing! I wish I could get a pic of zebra swallowtails. I haven't seen any since that day. They must have been passing through. I should just grab a chair and sit with my camera next to the coneflowers until something interesting comes along. Usually I'm just out wandering when I come across a great photo op. Unfortunately I rarely have my camera with me. Yesterday I saw a pair of goldfinches in my garden feasting on some Echinacea paradoxa seeds while perched on top of them. THAT would have been a cool pic! By the time I went inside to get the camera, they were gone.
I gotta learn to never leave the house without my camera! |
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#47 | |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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The goldfinches would've made a great picture...at least we can all picture them from your description. |
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#48 |
WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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I'm just thrilled that something I planted is actually attracting, and feeding, wildlife. I get really excited about it. That's great incentive for planting more natives!
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#49 |
Salamander
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
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Me too about not having the camera handy when I really, really want a pic of something great. The other day, used to only seeing the usual summer birds, along comes a pretty one I hadn't ever seen before. So, naturally, I couldn't get a photo and can't figure out what it was! And one year, actual Malachite butterflies showed up in my yard! They were absolutely awe-inspiring, one of the best experiences I've ever had! I can't even describe how lovely they were. But again, no photo, no memento to look at...drat! I may have to go down to the border sometime and find out where to look for them so I can enjoy looking at photos of them again and again!
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Co-Administrator
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Midwest
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Home Page Butterfly Park And do remember to take your camera; we would enjoy looking at the photos too. ![]()
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