Black Swallowtail

Amherst Island today.

White Admiral

Algonquin Provincial Park, Bat Lake
25 June, 2006

Whatever was in this scat, the butterflies really seemed to be enjoying. Being in shit doesn't always mean you're in trouble.

Check out this posting at Bootstrap Analysis for more on Lepidoptera and scat. Thanks to Norene for the link!

Frontenac Park: Butterflies

Eastern Pine Elfin
(Callophrys niphon)

Juvenal's Duskywing
(Erynnis juvenalis)

There were numerous other butterflies including West Virginia White, Mourning Cloak and Spring Azure.

A Rare Sighting

Not This

Not This

A new birder on his first outing!

Its not every day that you add seven new species to your life list: Black Capped Chickadee, Ring Billed Gull, Mallard Duck, White Breasted Nuthatch, Dark-Eyed Junco, White Crowned Sparrow,
Ruby Crowned Kinglet.