Butterflies at BTA
BTA is short for Boyce Thompson Arboretum; a wonderful place for photography just an hour and fifteen minutes away from home. Like many Arboretums, it has gardens representing many parts of the world so there are lots of interesting plants to photograph (my favorite area is the Australian Outback) but most people go for the birds and butterflies. This morning I joined an organized butterfly walk. All in all, 22 species were spotted but photographing our tiny butterflies is a real challenge so I only ended up with a fraction of what we saw and a couple of bonus bird shots. All were captured with my Canon SX50. While looking at my photos, imagine a strong aroma of Chocolate Flower (Berlandiera lyrata). It was wonderful!
Checkered Skipper on tiny Rose petal
Marine Blue on Chocolate Flower
Texan Crescent on Chocolate Flower
Northern White Skipper on Chocolate Flower
Orange Skipperling (tiny!)
Pipevine Swallowtail
Northern White Skipper
Mexican Amberwing at BTA’s Ayers Lake – Love the shadow reflection!
Black Phoebe at BTA’s Ayers Lake
3 Cooper Hawk chicks in Eucalyptus Tree (Australian Outback area)
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I am so envious but until it is really butterfly season here I shall just enjoy seeing all your lovely captures of them. I can’t get over how many different Skippers you see there!
We’re due for lots of sun (apparently) so hopefully there will be more than just an occasional butterfly here over the coming week. Fingers crossed!
I wish we had more interesting places to visit near where I live, like arboretums and butterfly parks…..sometimes I get frustrated by the lack of things like that, and real birdwatching places, with hides etc. Hey ho, I guess that’s what going on holiday is for!
Thank you Mandy! We chose this location to live because of its proximity to multiple adventurous places. It’s truly like being on full time vacation (holiday)! Without all the excellent venues so close by, I would no doubt be complaining more about our summer heat 🙂
I’m really looking forward to seeing your butterfly species! You have some really special ones.