Saturday, November 22, 2014

Butterfly Hunting at Edinburg World Birding Center


We set out today to see what butterflies we could find at the Edinburg World Birding Center.  I was a good day to chase butterflies.  We did manage to get rained on a little today but we didn't get that wet. We did see a few birds too but not as many as usual.  I think it is because we stopped here a lot earlier in the season this time.

 Yellow Colias

 Monarch

 Monarch

 Brushfoots - Heliconian

 Monarchs

Skippers:  Spreadwing Skippers:  Brown Long Tails

Skippers:  Spreadwing Skippers:  Brown Long Tails

Skippers:  Spreadwing Skippers:  Brown Long Tails

  Monarchs

 Monarchs

Monarchs:  Queen and Soldier

 Checkered Skipper

 Skipper

Skipper

Skipper

 Brushfoots:  Peacocks

  Brushfoots:  Peacocks

Skippers:  Spreadwing Skippers:  Brown Long Tails

Skipper

Skipper

Spreadwing Skippers:  Duskywings

  Brushfoots:  Peacocks

 Blue-winged Teals

 Egrets

Brushfoots:  True Brushroots; Crescents

Yellows: Tailed Orange

These guys flew so fast and rarely landed.  It was really hard to get a picture of one of them.  They look just like a leaf and they land close to the ground on leaves.  Lee finally was able to get a picture of one of these after chasing many of them.
Brushfoots:  Heliconian

Yellows:  Boisduval's Yellow

Yellows:  Colias

Monarch:  Soldier

Monarch:  Soldier

Beetle - Derobrachus geminatus

Well, he isn't a butterfly but it was a lot easier to get his picture!

Yellows:  Phoebis

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