Butterflies

Because the ground is covered with snow and the temp is below freezing, I thought I
add some butterflies to my blog. this a Common Orange Sulpher

Piano Key

Zebra Swallowtail

Brown Tip Page

More butterflies

Zebra Longwing

Rice Paper

Indian Leaf

Malachite

More Butterflies

Midera

Thoas Swallowtail

Tropical Blue Wave

Ismenius (mating)

More butterflies

Monarch

Blue Morpho (outside 0f wings)

Blue Morpho (inside}

Sapho

More butterflies

Painted Lady

Hummingbird Moth

Black Swallowtail

Yellow Swallowtail

A few hours at the North Carolina Zoo

This was a real treat. As I entered the grounds this Cardinal decided to snack on
some berries and allowed me to get a number of nice images.

This mountain Lion was content to doze in the sun.

The Seals are always fun to watch as they swim along their "rocky coast".

I think I've seen this face before. Yes, it's the one in the committee who doesn't like anybodys
suggestions except his own. This is the face of the one "NO" vote.

more birds...

Hooded merganser

Buffleheads

Wood Duck ---male in non-breeding plumage

Marvelous Red-tailed Hawk

More birds...

America's most beautiful duck, the Wood Duck

A pair of Victoria Crowned Pigeons

Ring-necked Teal

Mandarin Duck

still more birds...

Mandarin Ducks

Eclectus Parrot

Blue Crowned Laughing Thrush

Blue Crowned Laughing Thrush

...more birds

Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot

Sunbittern

Red-faced Liocichla

Chilean Flamingo