Swallowtail butterfly dines on milkweed nectar
One of the cool things about my wife’s backyard flower garden is that it provides for some cool, easy photo opportunities. Such was the case this past weekend with this…
Butterfly takes to the blooms
I’m not a “bug guy” so rather than a butterfly, I suppose this could be a moth but it was pretty darned cool looking. I spotted it during a walk…
Backyard photo session with butterflies, bees, wasps and a hummingbird
I have bragged before about the beautiful job my wife did over a period of three years turning much of our backyard into an oasis for us as well as…
Backyard butterfly
Sometimes you don't have to go far for a photo op. One evening last week my wife and I were sitting on the patio when I saw this huge butterfly…
Painted Ladies pay a visit
Two weeks ago these very pretty butterflies began appearing along the Colorado Front Range. They are working their way south toward warmer environs and their winter residences. Up until this…
Butterfly takes advantage of the green conditions
Colorado's high country experienced above average snowfall this past winter and has had a relatively wet spring and summer. That has allowed the mountain landscape to be greener and more…