So, out came the trusty camera. On went my scuffy garden shoes. And out the door I went.
Look what I found! A Monarch and a Red Spotted Purple (right?). Believe it or not, I didn't even notice the floating cadavers in the hummingbird feeder, so intent was I in capturing the butterflies on camera! (If you can stand the sight of the "floaters," click for a nice large image of each photo!)
Trying to catch them in action.
And attempting to get yet a better photo!
It wasn't until I had finished that I noticed the poor floaters. The butterflies had had enough of my hanging around and left. So I took the feeder down and went back to the house. I considered myself fortunate to have extra hummingbird food on hand in the refrigerator.
Back in the kitchen, as I was washing and refilling the hummingbird feeder, what should I notice . . . but a humongous spider hanging outside the window!
And he was struggling a bit with another one of those ... bees?
Great looking specimen, don't you think?
A "blue bird day!"
It seems these "bees" are having quite a time here.
