These pictures were taken on 21st November, 2007 at the NABA (North American Butterfly Association) Butterfly Park, Mission, Texas.
This picture was taken on 21st November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission Texas.
This picture was taken on 21st November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, Texas.
This picture was taken on 21st November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, Texas. This guy never seems to sit still. Even when he's on a flower, his wings are still flapping, hence, the blur in the photo.
This picture was taken 21st November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission Texas.
This picture was taken on 21st November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, Texas.
This picture was taken on 21 November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, Texas. Usually the dark parts on the edge of the wings is darker, but this is an older guy and the colour has faded.
These pictures were taken on 21st November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, Texas. This poor guy is a little weather worn and bird bitten, but he's a survivor.
This picture was taken on 21st November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, Texas
This picture was taken on 21 November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission Texas.
These pictures were taken on 21 November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, Texas
These pictures were taken on 21st November, 2007 at the NABA Butterfly Park, Mission Texas.
These pictures were taken on 17th November, 2007 at the Falcon State Park, Texas.
These pictures were taken on 17th November, 2007 at Falcon State Park, Texas. Birds are one of the main predators of butterflies and although many times they don't kill the butterfly, they do take large bites out of their wings. You'll note a couple of bite marks out of the left wing of this guy. 
These pictures were taken on 17th November, 2007 at Falcon State Park, Texas.
These pictures were taken on 17th November, 2007 at Falcon State Park, Texas. These guys only ocurr in Southern Texas and Mexico.
These pictures were taken on 12th November, 2007 at Matagorda Texas. They're a wading shorebird but usually nest in mosquitoe infested marshes and therefore are not very well studied.
This picture was taken on 10th November, 2007 at Matagorda, Texas. They breed on floating nests in marshy areas and sometimes, spawing carp will dislodge the eggs from the nest.
These pictures were taken on 10th November, 2007 at Matagorda, Texas. The top of their head turns black during breeding season.
This picture was taken on 10th November, 2007 at Matagorda, Texas. Notice that his lower mandible is considerably longer than the upper mandible. This is so they can skim the water with their lower mandible in the water where they catch small fish and crustations.
This picture was taken on 8th November, 2007 at Matagorda, Texas. These little guys spend the summer in Northern Canada and Alaska and winters in Southern US coastal States. They can swim if necessary but prefer to wade.
These pictures were taken on 25th & 26th October 2007 in our back yard. These little guys run up and down trees, many times upside down. They don't migrate and therefore you can see them all year round. They are a little more timid than the Red Breasted Nuthatch which will eat out of your hand, but you can still get quite close to them. The male has a black patch on the top of his head whereas the females head patch is lighter in colour.
These photos were taken on 25th & 26th October 2007 in our back yard. Evening Grosbeaks are spread over most of the North American continent, but here in Port Elgin, Ontario, we don't see them too often and when we do, it's either spring or fall. It's been 5 or 6 years since I've seen any, but when they do come, it's usually in a large flock of 100 to 200 birds and only stay for a few days. This year, when they first came, there was only about 20 or 30 but they stayed for about a week, and as the week went on the flock got larger until there was probably 200 and then all at once, they were gone.
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