Well…I managed to get a summer cold. Made it through the winter without getting sick…figures…

So needless to say I haven’t done any hikes lately. I did manage to get a few butterflies over the past week.

Last Thursday I met up with the Thursday birder group up in Jemez Springs. The hike there was beautiful. No new birds for me. I tried in vain to get a pygmy nuthatch but no luck. Maurice pointed one out to me but I didn’t get a photo so it doesn’t make my list.

But I did get a couple of butterflies while there.

Field Crescent

Marine Blue

Marine Blue

Artic Blue

Then last Friday I had to drive to Santa Fe for work. I stopped in at the Randall Davey Audubon site but no luck birding. I think every school kid within a 25-mile radius was there running, screaming, scaring everything in the vicinity. But I found a couple of butterflies.

Common Checkered Skipper

Checkered White

Then I got knocked down by my cold. Managed to get one butterfly in my own yard.

Canyonland Satyr

Yesterday I finally started feeling like I was going to live so I drove to Bill Spring for a couple of hours. Glad I did because I got a couple of beauties. 🙂

Question Mark Comma (I think lol!)

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Weidemeyer's Admiral

Hoary Comma

This coming Sunday is an annual butterfly count in Las Vegas, NM. I’m hoping to attend. Will be fun to chase butterflies in the sun for a few hours after being home bound this week.