Hummingbirds and Butterflies (Peterson Field Guides/Bird Watcher’s Digest Backyard Bird Guides) provides a large amount of information from two of the nation’s backyard wildlife experts. Bill Thompson III and Connie Toops have teamed up to help backyard gardener’s enhance their landscape specifically for two of the most popular winged creatures around: hummingbirds and butterflies. The
Tag: Butterflies
Question Mark Butterfly
Out hiking at lunch time I found a lot of butterflies, several of them being Question Marks. Click the image to see notes on the spots to look at for identification. Apparently, the way to tell these beauties apart from the Eastern Comma is by the number of spots. The Question Mark has four spots
Terns, Butterflies, and Dragonflies at Shabbona Lake State Park
Stacia and I decided to spend a few hours last Sunday at Shabbona Lake State Park with Bella. It was hotter than we expected and bird activity was pretty low. But we did manage to see quite a bit of interesting butterflies and some Forster’s Terns hunting in the lake. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Monarch Happy
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Review of Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year
Over the last couple years my appreciation for butterflies has grown greatly. Often when birds are uncooperative I’ve had excellent luck being distracted by the casual floating and fluttering of these other great migrating, winged animals. Thus, when I heard about Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year I was highly interested. If you are
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