Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.
As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”
A tiny butterfly with lovely blue wings — on the inside, anyway, meaning you only see the color when they fly.
Here’s a pair making more. Quite a complicated taxonomy, evidently.
So that was last week. This week I saw only a few of the Azures flitting about. That precious blue!
But this week, there were plenty of Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginica) to be had.
Had in the optical sense, of course.
Hi Matthew,
Spring beauties – my favorite spring wildflower. Where did you see them? The only place I’ve seen them in my limited travels around the city is in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
These were in Great Swamp NWR yesterday. Quite a lot at the Wildlife Observation Center path heading north from the parking area.
The joys of having friends with cars – and an interest in nature! Guess I’ll have to get over to the BBG.
Backyard and Beyond 
Leave a comment