For those of you particularly interested in lepidoptera, here's a blog just for you! Also one Odonata... Today the marsh was quiet birdwise,( it might help if I dragged my bum out of bed before 11, hehe) but the butterflies were simply everywhere, enjoy!
Skipper species, my guide is in my car... I am so stoked on that curled proboscis!
What a lady! West Coast.
Mourning Cloak, for some reason their faces amuse me
Sylvan Hairstreak
Lorquin's Admiral
female Mexican Amberwing
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Nice shots Leigh! I think the skipper is a Fiery Skipper?
thanks! yeah that's my guess, that's the skipper that's most common at the marsh... but I am afraid of I.D.ing skippers, lol.
Hi! thank you very much. SJWS is my second home these days, and sunday was a fantastic day for butterflies. Can't wait to check out your blog, its always fun to hear about other people's birding days at the same places you hit yourself.
~Leigh
If not for their flight, butterflies would not appear half as beautiful. I like their fancy flights.
Your Ode is a female Mexican Amberwing. You might find my website can help you with alot of what your into. Birds, Butterflies, Dragonflies and Nature Photography.
Thank you! I will check out your site, and maybe you can help me with a more recent dragonfly, see my post about the Salton Sea on 9-2-06 =)
Your Gray Hairstreak is actually a Sylvan Hairstreak.
http://sdbirds.basiclink.com/Butterfly_Pages/sylvan_hairstreak.htm
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