Sunday, March 22, 2009

First Butterfly of the Spring

This afternoon marked my first butterfly sighting of the season.


While visiting with Willard and Andy at Willard’s wildlife observation area a butterfly began flitting about. With wings folded it appeared much like a dead leaf and camouflaged quite well with the bare ground on which it repeatedly landed. Today is the warmest that it has been for some days. This morning was a balmy 27F warming to the upper 50’s by late afternoon.


A little later the butterfly attempted to gain Willard’s attention by landing on his 500mm lens with its wings open wide displaying its splendid colors.






15 comments:

Adrienne Zwart said...

Love this!! I can't wait to see some butterflies outside again. It may be awhile yet.

Ranger said...

Good shot Coy. I havn't got a chance to look at mine yet. Hopefully get one on shortly

Ruth's Photo Blog said...

What a lovely butterfly!Definetly s good sign of spring.
Blessings,Ruth

Tom said...

Hi Salty
I have every intention this year of taking some pictures of our Butterfly's... I managed one shot last year... so 'Must Do Better'

Hope you and Willard had a good day out.

Tom
Wiggers World

Anonymous said...

What butterfly? I only saw the lens.

Louise said...

What terrific captures! I saw my first Western Tiger Swallowtail yesterday. I reaction was so strong my husband thought the children, playing outside, were injured. I saw one similar to this yesterday (but maybe not the same), but it had NO interest in being photographed!

Chris said...

Hi Coy,
I love the last shot which shows the difficulty of taking pictures of mother nature :-)

photowannabe said...

Love Abe's comment...I think he is lusting after that lens.
Great shots for the sure signs of spring.

Kahshe Cottager said...

Lovely to see a butterfly after such a long winter. I will have to wait some more before we see them here - there is still snow!

Montanagirl said...

Very cool! Love the butterfly on the lens shot.

imac said...

mighty fine piccy Salty, and Willard has a mighty fine lens too.

Leedra said...

It is so nice to see the butterflies coming back. The first photo he blends in so well. Pretty with his wings open.

Leedra’s Photos For Fun

Leedra’s Greeting Cards

Photography By Leedra

Shelley said...

beautiful butterflies! A sure sign of spring!

Ivar Østtun said...

Ha ha, I guess it chose the 500 mm lens as a landing field because of the size :-) Cool shot.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Salty: I haven't seen any butterflies but did see some bees in our one warm spell.