Great Spangled Fritillary
By Young Naturalist C
Summer
Butterflies dancing
In the air, sweet with flowers
With vivid colors
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
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I am a naturalist, field biologist and nature photographer from the Western New York area. I have started exploring nature writing through this blog and it truly has been fun sharing my numerous adventures with everyone. Thanks to the many other authors that help me with my post and they will be sharing some of their nature explorations.
I have always had a latent interest in birds and photography and have been lucky enough to find time to explore these interests over the last few years. I am very thankful to the Cattaraugus County Bird Club for getting me started, sharing their wealth of knowledge and for their wonderful programs. And many thanks to Tom for letting me share some of my adventures and photos on the Monarch Nature Blog.
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Oh my… Look at all those swallowtails! Great haiku!
20 June 2008 at 7:38 am
I can just see those butterflies dancing from flower to flower and while puddling. What a large group you found.
20 June 2008 at 8:13 am
Lovely poetry and great pictures. I’ve never seen the butterflies puddle in real life. What a sight that must be.
20 June 2008 at 8:26 am
Happy Summer Solstice!
Tigers puddling and the Great Spangled nectaring are wonderful ways to see Summer at her prettiest! Great shots.
Sherry
20 June 2008 at 9:49 am
I love the shot with all the swallowtails.
20 June 2008 at 10:04 am
Lovely haiku! Those flutterbys are gorgeous!
20 June 2008 at 11:12 am
Wonderful group of swallowtails. I wonder why they would all stop and gather on the ground like that.
20 June 2008 at 11:46 am
@ Jayne – Thanks and C did a wonderful job with this haiku!
@ Lisa – They were so numerous!
@ ncmountainwoman – Thanks and the Swallowtails are commonly found puddling like this!
@ Sherry – Thanks and I just love seeing the Fritillarys!
@ Scienceguy- Thanks
@ Liza – Didn’t she do good? Thanks
@ Robin – They are sucking up the minerals, thanks!
20 June 2008 at 12:14 pm
Just found this blog via the killdeer pages on flickr. Great pics and stories.
Keep up the great work!
James
20 June 2008 at 1:58 pm
Great poem! I was just outside and the frittilary landed right next to me…what a coincidence! 🙂
20 June 2008 at 2:04 pm
beautiful photo and haiku both.. cool to watch them puddling.. our swamp milkweed isnt up yet- soon I hope, frits are fun 🙂
great blog btw!
20 June 2008 at 7:02 pm
I love that you encourage the young ones in their interest in nature and poetry. What a great combination! Good job on the haiku, Young Naturalist C! As an English teacher, I highly approve =)
Beautiful butterflies, too, of course =)
20 June 2008 at 7:42 pm
Very beautiful haiku Young Naturalist C and the photos of the butterflies are beautiful.
20 June 2008 at 10:48 pm
Beautiful butterflies. Great haiku- it is very succinct.
21 June 2008 at 1:32 am
@ James – Thanks and glad you found the site!
@ Bethany – thanks and which species of Fritillary? Probably GS!
@ Cindy – thanks and didn’t she do great with this Haiku? Thanks for such kind words!
@ Rondi – Kids can relate to nature easily and I think everyone should encourage them to spend more time outside! Thanks
@ Linda – So glad you enjoyed this . . . I thought this was perfect for the time of the year!
@Natureshutterbug- Thanks and she did great with this!
21 June 2008 at 6:41 am
Absolutely GORGEOUS shots, Tom! Such beautiful butterflies. 🙂
21 June 2008 at 11:09 am
Great haiku. Love the shot of the swallowtails. Today we stopped at a cemetery on Route 5 outside of Ripley. Saw several Killdeer and one kept displaying a “broken wing”. I didn’t get to see any “killfawns” lol but I imagine there were some nearby.
21 June 2008 at 10:15 pm
Such frillery on the fritillary. Nice haiku, too.
22 June 2008 at 10:11 pm
Yup, it was the GS. I was pulling weeds out of my garden and it just followed around for a while. I’m glad I read the post bc I would not have know what it was lol!
23 June 2008 at 8:03 am
Great haiku & gosh that’s a lot of swallowtails!
23 June 2008 at 10:32 am
Tiger swallowtails seem more numerous this year. They are a fave of mine.
23 June 2008 at 1:44 pm