A Merlin, a small but pugnacious falcon, perches on the top of a tree in Columbia.
A Winter Wren pops up for a very brief view at Font Hill Park in Howard County
A Merlin, a small but pugnacious falcon, perches on the top of a tree in Columbia.
A Winter Wren pops up for a very brief view at Font Hill Park in Howard County
Fiery Skipper at the Elkhorn Garden Plots in Columbia on November 4th. Usually they are gone by now but there has not been a killing frost yet this fall.
One of three Fiery Skipper butterflies still at the Elkhorn Garden Plots in Columbia on the last warm day of October 28.
Gray Hairstreak at Patel Drive in Elkridge on October 9th. The light orange abdomen indicates this one is a male. I am not usually able to get a picture of hairstreaks with their wings open like this.
A pretty Variegated Fritillary visits the abundant white heath asters at Patel Drive in Elkridge on October 9th.
One lone male Fiery Skipper visits the butterfly bush at the Elkhorn Garden Plots in Columbia, Maryland on a cool October 12.
A Common Checkered Skipper makes an interesting pattern contrast with wood mulch at the Elkhorn Garden Plots on October 21.
An Orange Sulphur visits white aster flowers in Elkridge on October 4th.
Monarchs are still flying south but not in as large numbers as a few days ago. This one was in Elkridge on September 30.
One of the last swallowtails, this female Black also visited flowers at the Elkhorn Plots on September 5.
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