[Brenda]

At 9:00 this morning it was bright, sunny, and 22 degrees here. We still have a good 4" of snow covering everything. Mike happened to be looking out the window and he said that he saw a butterfly! I just laughed and told him that it had to be a leaf floating by. But then I saw it too! The camera was out here in the office, so I couldn't get a shot (what a photo that would have been) but it was a Mourningcloak: http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/mourning.pdf

[Kelly]

I think this is a gray comma. Spotted him in March out this way on a nature trail....while I was looking for mourning cloaks.

[Brenda]

I believe you're right about that being a gray comma. The wings on the eastern comma seem to have a wider divide between the front and the rear, but that's only from comparing photos.

[backpacker]

caught this one around the pond today.

[Brenda]

Beautiful shot!

[Matt]

wow great colors and sharpness. That's a fantastic shot!

[backpacker]

Thanks Brenda and Matt
I took that with my 70-300 no cropping, I had a male Scarlet Tanager bathing in my pound, stream, waterfall so I sat on the porch trying to get his picture but couldn't

[Matt]

is that the sigma?
I think my zuiko is the new version of that lens.

[backpacker]

No it's the Nikon 70-300 VR
I think my next lens will be a sigma wide angle.

[Brenda]

The entire reason that I bought this bush! Hummingbird Clearwing:

[Kelly]

[Bill_K]

I snuck up on this beauty during one of my walks.

[Brenda]

Very nice! I rarely have one stay put long enough to catch a photo!

[mrbirdnerd]

I haven't been out after butterfly's this year, but got a couple of photos on one of our summertime walks through Owl Woods a couple years ago.

Tiger Swallowtail



Question Mark Butterfly

[Brenda]

Very nice! We should be near peak for Monarch migration right now.