I went to Hyde Park around 12:30 today. I stayed for an hour and that's all I can handle with the hot sun (29c, sunny, hot). There is no shade around the pond. When I arrived, a Turkey Vulture was circling around. I didn't see many birds. Some Song Sparrows, Cardinals, Mourning Doves and one Pied-billed Grebe.
There were a few species of dragonflies flying around. Some didn't land.
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| Widow Skimmer (male) |
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| Northern Crescent |
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| Viceroy |
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| American Goldfinch eating thistle seed |
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| Cabbage White |
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
There were plenty of Northern Crescents around.
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| Northern Crescent |
This was a pretty butterfly. The upper wings are blue...which is seen when the butterfly was flying. I'm thinking this is an Eastern Tailed Blue.
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| Eastern Tailed Blue |
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| Eastern Tailed Blue |
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| Northern Leopard Frog |
The crescents are certainly plentiful right now.
ReplyDeleteThe eventually heat got to me as well today!
Hi Susan---always enjoy reading your Blogs !
ReplyDeleteI think if you look closely at your Monarch photo
you will be very pleased to discover that instead
you were lucky to find the much harder species
--a Viceroy butterfly. Neat, eh ?
Keep on Blogging---and enjoying Nature at it's best !