Sunday, June 30, 2013

Afternoon Visit to Tower Hill Botanic Garden

Tower Hill was calling.  I hoped the formal gardens might attract some butterflies, but it was mostly cloudy and there really wasn't much butterfly activity to be found at all.  The garden actually seemed a little dull to me, except in a few places.....it looked like it needed an injection of color.

American Goldfinch


 Japanese Iris


I don't know what this is, but it's beautiful.  It looks like some kind of agastache.



Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (missing a huge chunk of his left wing) on Rose Campion



I just love hydrangea, and these two were so pretty!






Since I was striking out in the formal gardens, I headed into the meadows to continue my search for butterflies there.....

Common Whitetail (female)


Chipping Sparrow


Milkweed in bloom
Really quite lovely, don't you think?


immature Calico Penant


Eastern-Tailed Blue (finally!)

Northern Broken Dash


Little Glassywing


Little Glassywing


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on milkweed


 Eastern Pondhawk (female)


Eastern Pondhawk (immature male)



 Spangled Skimmer


Little Wood Satyr


Summer Azure

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